The Westboro Baptist Church is in for a big surprise as Aaron Jackson, one of the founders of Planting Peace, a multi-pronged charity, purchased a house across the street from their headquarters in Topeka, Kansas and painted it rainbow colors today.
Jackson decided to paint the house the rainbow colors of the gay flag as a means of protest against the gay bashing tactics of the Westboro Baptist Church.
The two bedroom house, which cost $81,000, now sits proudly re-colored directly opposite the founding base of the non-affiliated group which describes itself as a ‘church’.
As reported by the Huffington Post:
“I read a story about Josef Miles, a 10-year-old kid who counter-protested the Westboro Baptist Church by holding the sign that says ‘God Hates No One.'” […]
“I didn’t know anything about the church or where they were located, but that story kept popping up. And one night I wondered, Where is this church? I got on Google Earth, and I was ‘walking down the road,’ and I did a 360 view. And I saw a ‘For Sale’ sign sitting in the front yard of a house. Right away it hit me, Oh my gosh, I could buy a house in front of the WBC! And immediately I thought: And I’m going to paint that thing the color of the pride flag.”
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