‘God Hates Fags’ church targets gay Christian singer, but her response is amazing
The Westboro Baptist Church has protested a Christian conference, over the performance of openly gay singer Vicky Beeching.
However, her keynote speech at the Gay Christian Network conference became a target for the notoriously homophobic Westboro Baptist Church, from Topeka, Kansas.
The singer was not deterred by the group when appearing at the Portland event yesterday – even stopping to pose for a picture with them.
Arrived just now at #GCNConf to a loud crowd of Westboro Baptist protestors..and to a giant rainbow above them. pic.twitter.com/g3GxtcboJZ
— Vicky Beeching (@vickybeeching) January 10, 2015
I smiled, said hello & told the Westboro Baptist folks we loved each of them. Love wins over judgement. #GCNConf pic.twitter.com/ldHUwXA55K
— Vicky Beeching (@vickybeeching) January 10, 2015
She said: Arrived just now at #GCNConf to a loud crowd of Westboro Baptist protesters..and to a giant rainbow above them.
“I smiled, said hello & told the Westboro Baptist folks we loved each of them. Love wins over judgement… Many of them were younger than me, as you can see in that photo.”
She added: “Was a pretty unpleasant environment to walk through, right before I spoke, but thankfully these loud angry people are not representative of most Christians.”
The group also faced a counter-protest from pro-gay Christians, who outnumbered them massively. The counter-protesters formed a ‘wall of love’ to prevent the anti-gay group from reaching conference goers.
