Westboro Baptist Church To Picket Chicago Pride Fest
- By
- Carlos Santoscoy
- | May 18, 2014
Westboro Baptist Church has announced that it will protest next month's Chicago Pride Fest.
In response to an On Top Magazine story announcing the participation of Jennifer Hudson in the 2-day street festival, the anti-gay, Topeka, Kansas-based church tweeted, “@LGBTNewsNow @OnTopMag @WGNNews Westboro Baptist Church to picket @PrideFestChi! #SoExcited,” along with an infographic which read “Fag Marriage Dooms Nations” and a link to a Vine video.
The 6-second second video strings together footage of gay pride events and gay milestone moments set to the single No Matter Where You Are by UsTheDuo. In the video's final frame, a female Westboro member holding a baby and a colorful “Sin And Shame Not Pride” sign lip-syncs to the track's chorus: “No matter where you are, I'll be there.”
With an Illinois law allowing gay couples to marry taking effect on June 1 – though a handful of counties, including Cook County, started issuing licenses to same-sex couples weeks ago – this year's Gay Pride celebration is expected to attract additional media attention.
(Related: Anti-gay activist Fred Phelps dead at 84.)