Love Trumps Hate at LMU
Students counter Westboro Baptist Church protest with show of solidarity for LGBTQ community Story by Tygre Patchell-Evans | Photos by Mia Duncans Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” blared from the back gates of Loyola Marymount University as students gathered Monday morning along Loyola Boulevard to counter the homophobic hate speech of the Westboro Baptist Church, the inflammatory religious extremist group infamous for protesting the funerals of American military service members. The students beat Westboro to its own protest, playing music and chanting affirmations of LGBTQ acceptance before the handful of picketers arrived and until they departed about 20...
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