Coverage of the Lake View community’s response to hate-monger Rev. Fred Phelps (Page One, Nov. 23) missed a key aspect of the story.
It focused on a group of about 75 people, whose anger we shared, who attempted to confront Phelps and were held back by the police.
Yet the vast majority of the 1,500 people present, representing 200 religious congregations and secular institutions, formed a human “Circle of Care” around Broadway United Methodist Church, the target of Phelps’ attack.
The Tribune’s headline referred to “gay rights activists,” but participants in the Circle of Care represented a broad cross-section of Lake View as well as concerned people from across the metro area. This enabled the Lake View community to express its commitment to diversity, solidarity and justice.
