Westboro Baptist Church invades Toronto

Topix Gay News  Aug 06 08

What better publicity could playwright Alistair Newton have hoped to receive for his forthcoming production, The Pastor Phelps Project: a fundamentalist cabaret, than members of the Westboro Baptist Church themselves showing up to protest outside the Cameron House on Queen Street West?

Indeed, he is courting the controversial group's presence. In an open letter to Mr. Phelps published in Fab magazine, Mr. Newton describes his show as "just like you: a shameless spectacle." He urges Mr. Phelps to picket the play. Publicity breeds publicity, after all. And publicity follows the Phelps family wherever they go. Full story...

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