Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 09:50:25 -0600 (CST)
From: Kevyn Jacobs <kevyn@ksu.edu>
Subject: ANTI-PHELPS FORCES ORGANIZE


ANTI-PHELPS FORCES ORGANIZE
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1994
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      KANSAS CITY, MO (AP) - The first organized opposition to the virulent
gay-bashing of Topeka, Kan. minister Fred Phelps began Saturday when
members of more than 70 groups met inside a midtown church as Phelps and
about a dozen followers picketed.
      The impetus for the formation of the group by two suburban Kansas
City women was Phelps' Nov.13 attack on poet Maya Angelou, who spoke at
President Clinton's inauguration.  Phelps and his group surrounded her
limousine after an appearance in Topeka and taunted her with
anti-homosexual remarks.
     Angelou then canceled an appearance at Emporia State.