The, Arizona Daily Wildcat, an independent news organization serving the University of Arizona since 1899, is reporting on a student who was preaching on the University of Arizona campus while holding a sign degrading women. It seems that a junior studying classics and religious studies regularly preaches on the campus in front of the Administration […]
The Westboro Baptist Church is stirring up controversy again, this time threatening to picket the memorial services for firefighters who lost their lives in last week’s fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West, Texas. Without specifically naming the WBC, McLennon Country Sheriff Parnell McNamara addressed rumors of protests, saying the following: “We’ve been made […]
After hearing that Westboro Baptist Church planned to protest in front of their concert in Kansas City, rock band the Foo Fighters hit back with their own counter-protest- riding through the city on a pickup truck blasting Rick Astley’s Rick Roll anthem “Never Gonna Give You Up”, on Friday, August 21, 2015 Drummer Taylor Hawkins […]
The Pennsylvania House approved a bill on Tuesday preventing coverage for most abortions under the insurance marketplace being set up as part of the federal health care overhaul in the state. During hours of heated debate, Democratic opposition to the measure characterized it as a needless risk to women’s health. Rep. Brian Sims (D) gave […]
McLennon Country Sheriff Parnell McNamara has had enough of talk by the Westboro Baptist Church and issued the following blanket warning earlier today to anyone threatening to picket the funeral services for victims of the West, Texas, explosion: “We’ve been made aware that there could be individuals or groups who plan to picket or protest […]