Love Outshines Hate
[img_assist|nid=65|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=150|height=95]On Wednesday, Oct 19, Judy Shepherd — mother of Matthew Sheperd and speaker on issues of diversity — was scheduled to speak at SIUC here in Carbondale. Due to illness, the event was cancelled. Even so, a dozen members of Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church came to town to spread their message of hate. In response, over three hundred SIUC students and Southern Illinois community members turned out to share a message of love and acceptance that outshined all efforts at spewing hatred. |
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