Oct. 19th, 2007

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Okay, so, last CWUs included notice of the Watchmen on the Walls anti-GBLT rally being held in the Lynnwood convention centre. This group's featured speakers at this hate group's meeting include Holocaust revisionist Scott Lively, who claims that queers, not good Germans, orchestrated the Holocaust, and downplays (if not ignores) the fact that lesbian and gay people were targets of said Holocaust, and local fundamentalist leaders Reverend Ken Hutcherson of Antioch Bible Church in Kirkland and Pastor Joe Fuiten of Faith and Freedom Network.

Watchmen on the Walls has a reputation for violence and has attacked GBLT people physically in the past, in addition to their apparent endorsement of Holocause-revisionism. Here's the counter-protest notice:
Official Protest Notice for Lynnwood Watchmen Conference
posted by DAVID SCHMADER on OCTOBER 17 at 14:05 PM

http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/official_protest_notice_for_lynnwood_wat

Slog tipper Levi passed along the official announcement:
ANTI-HATE PROTEST RALLY ALERT

Yes, it is happening this weekend and NO they are NOT welcome in our community! Let’s let them know it! RAIN OR SHINE!!! LOUD and PROUD!!!

A peaceful protest is planned for this Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007. It is our goal to surround the Convention Center located at 3711 196 St. SW, Lynnwood, 98036 at 9:30 a.m. Their conference begins at 11:00 and we want to greet them as they arrive.

Please follow these simple rules:

DO NOT block sidewalks, intersections doorways or driveways.

DO NOT stoop to the their level of hatred. Try not to be offensive and DO NOT be physical with any conference attendee.

DO wear bright colors and draw attention to our cause

Children are welcome (so let’s set a good example for them)

Bring banners, signs, balloons, & any creative way to express your opinion

IF anyone has a sound system or bullhorn they can bring this would be terrific! Chanting would be awesome! Singing would be great! I’d love to see us all link arms in a full showing of unity and support of one another and pray that THEY replace their hatred with love and acceptance. No one is born a bigot, it is a choice that can be changed.

There will be no formal presentation. We simply want to gather as they enter so they can see a large showing of people from all walks of life, all ages, genders and sexual orientation telling them that Snohomish County is NO place for hate.

This conference has drawn wonderful news attention. There will be media present and plenty of show of force by the Lynnwood P.D. Let’s make it a turn out that is talked about for a long, long time!

Martin Luther King Jr. reminded us that “Silence is Betrayal” and we must not ever turn our backs on prejudices. We must look it in the eye and say “YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE” Let’s remember and respect everyone’s right to free speech and to religious freedom, but let’s speak loud and proud and make it known that all people are loved in the eyes of the Great Spirit.
Thanks to protest organizer Cindy, who says she’ll be “wearing a rainbow tie-dyed sweatshirt with a large rainbow umbrella.”
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A second event, from a person on my email list...
[A second event is also] being organized in response to the anti-gay religious group "Watchmen on the Walls" coming to the Lynnwood Convention Center this weekend, Oct. 19-21. The Watchmen group expects 700 people to attend their conference. Please come to show your support of the LGBTQ community, and to demonstrate that hate is NOT welcome here.

About the Watchmen on the Walls:

Seattle Times article

Southern Poverty Law Centre report

Sunday Oct 21: "Love and Pride: Lynnwood Responds to Hate" ...a prayerful protest and screening sponsored by Religious Coalition for Equality, Equal Rights Washington and True Stories Project

Activists and clergy from Lynnwood and other local LGBTQ-allied groups are hosting an alternative religious event to show support and concern for the LGBTQ community as this conference happens. The event "Love and Pride: Lynnwood Responds to Hate" will feature a gathering of speakers, including local members of the clergy, and a special viewing at 4:00pm of "Inlaws & Outlaws," a local-produced documentary featuring the real-life stories of Washington LGBTQ people.

Who: Lynnwood community activists and clergy members, Equal Rights Washington, the Religious Coalition for Equality, and the True Stories Project

What: Vigil, film viewing, and discussion

When: Sunday, October 21, at 3pm

Where: Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church
8109 224th Street SW 98026
Edmonds, Washington
425.778.0373
Click for map

We want to show the wider community that when people of faith gather we gather in name of peace, justice and that God's acceptance and love is for all! Those of you part of Sunday worship services please announce, we truly need to be in community.
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This is another that suffers badly from compression down to 100kb, losing much of its delicacy. I have to up the contrast a bit more than I'd like to try to keep it together at that filesize. ;_;

Unrelatedly, if the piece of bamboo I'm working on turns in to a flute, its name may be Scar.

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