FORWARDED FROM THE LESBIGAYS OK (LAWRENCE) lIST ======================= Date: Sun, 11 Dec 1994 From: LesBiGay Services of Kansas Subject: Deck yer halls with THIS, Freddy Dear friends 'n' family: Tis the season to be obnoxious queer activists! The divine Carrie, owner of the HideAway here in Lawrence, has cooked up an absolutely diabolical holiday scheme which I want to let you all in on... This Friday, December 16, Carrie is organizing a queer caroling group to go forth and serenade the man we all love to hate, Fred Phelps. This is not to be done in any sort of rude or vulgar way - those who feel they'd be tempted to shout insults or obscenities or in any other way misbehave are encouraged to stay away. Instead, the idea is to show the Phelpies and others that our community is above his sort of mean-spirited obnoxsiousness. If interested, people will be meeting Friday at the HideAway (at the intersection of Massachusetts and Park streets in Lawrence) at 5 p.m. A caravan will then head out to Topeka, serenade the Phelps family, and return to the HideAway for a show that evening by drag entertainer Vanessa Vann and male vocalist Kenny Ray. Hope to see some of you there! Peace, Love, and Hairgrease, Chris Hampton LesBiGayS-OK Official Email Coordinatrix ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 16:27:59 -0600 (CST) From: LesBiGay Services of Kansas Subject: Fa la la la la la la la la laaaaaaaaah Well, here's your report on the Fred Phelps Christmas caroling expedition... Alas, very few of those people who said "How cool! I'll be there!" actually showed up for this event, but hey, it was fun anyways. Myself, my roomie, Krrrrt Schueler, and a couple of other folks - including a couple of straight friends of mine (they aren't ALL evil incarnate) gathered at the HideAway for a while yesterday afternoon before heading over to Classics in Topeka in an attempt to gather together more spreaders of yuletide joy. Unfortunately, the folks at Classics were all afraid to do anything publicly in Fred's face, except for one extremely drunk chap who merrily joined us. We made a few phone calls, having been tipped off that Fred wouldn't be at home that evening, and located him just two blocks away picketing that vile "fag ballet" the Nutcracker at the Topeka Performing Arts Center (yeah, I'd like to crack HIS nuts... but I digress). Holding aloft a sign reading "Fred: make your yuletide GAY", we sang (if you can call it that - well we did SOMETHING loud with our voices) "Deck the halls", "Jingle Bells", and "Silent Night". Fred, pink as a piglet, gathered his bunch of genetic inbreeding experiments together and attempted to drown us out with some hideous hymn, but I think we at least made our point to him. As we finished, we shouted, "Merry Christmas, Fred!" and I think we would have made a perfectly dignified exit were itnot for a couple of people who couldn't resist getting into a battle of wits with Fred's snivelling grandchildren, who followed us off hollering "You're all just a bunch of pagan idolators!" Wow, that must get a hell of a reaction on the playground when the game of kickball goes sour. So that's that. The group of adventurers then returned to Lawrence for some chili and horse dervies at the HideAway, and a good time was had by all. I think we should make this an annual event, and that next year we should have more than a dozen people present! Ho ho ho, Chris Hampton LesBiGayS-OK Official Email Coordinatrix