Angels Turn their Backs on Hate -- Fred Phelps/Westboro Baptist Church | Not in Our Town

Angels Turn their Backs on Hate -- Fred Phelps/Westboro Baptist Church

Angels Turn their Backs on Hate -- Fred Phelps/Westboro Baptist Church

When anti-gay extremist Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church announced the hate group would picket Newark Memorial High School's production of "The Laramie Project," community members like Gail Nelson couldn't sit quietly. Borrowing from a scene in the play, concerned citizens dressed as angels to block from view Phelps' followers and their hateful placards.