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About 200 people gathered at Lansing Eastern High School Monday to counteract the protest by members of the Westboro Baptist Church from Topeka, KS.
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Members of the Michigan Peace Team were on hand to monitor the counter protest.
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Members of the Westboro Baptist Church are known for their strong stance against homosexuality and for picketing military funerals.
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This event marked the second visit by the WBC to the Lansing area since November 2010.
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Hundreds of people turned their backs on the WBC demonstrators in a counter protest outside Lansing Eastern High School.
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As the protest concluded, Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero thanked those gathered for their peaceful actions.
Members of a controversial Kansas church returned to mid-Michigan Monday to picket students at Lansing Eastern High School and Michigan State University.
