Some more footage of the Westboro Baptist Church protest at Portland State was posted on YouTube; the Reed Secular Alliance’s Leslie Zukor appears on the first video. You can see her back and portions of her “Question Religion” sign. The entire sequence of videos is posted here, which captures the climate of the protest. Part [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Zukor Appears on Protest Video
Posted in Media, News on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Zukor Covered in Christian Video
Posted in Media, News on November 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Reed Secular Alliance President, Leslie Zukor, was covered in a Christian video made about the November 24th Westboro Baptist Church protest at Portland State University. Although it plays Christian music, the theme of the YouTube video is a love that those of all faiths – and no faith at all – can embrace. At the counter-protest, which was comprised mostly [...]
Zukor Weighs In
Posted in Opinion on November 24, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Reflections on the Westboro Baptist Church Protests in Portland Jonathan Phelps talks religion with Leslie Zukor “Are these the ‘God Hates Fags’ guys?” I wondered, muttering under my breath near the German consulate on Monday morning. They hadn’t arrived yet, or at least they hadn’t pulled out their infamous signs after their morning protest at [...]
Sign, Sign, Everywhere A Sign…
Posted in News on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Westboro Baptist Church Protest Photos Leslie Zukor is flanked by Westboro Baptist signs Counter-protesters gather to say “no” to hate Jonathan Phelps and Leslie Zukor hold opposing signs The Westboro Baptist Church arrived on Monday, and joining them were roughly 200 Portland-area protesters. The counter-protest groups as diverse as the Portland State Queer Resource Center, the [...]
RSA Members Make Signs
Posted in News on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Reedie puts the finishing touches on a pro-gay sign On both Friday and Sunday, Reed Secular Alliance members made signs to protest Westboro Baptist Church. Although Leslie Zukor is the only member able to attend the rally, others lent their signs or moral support. Among the signs members created were “Atheist for Tolerance”, “Preach Love [...]
“God Hates Fags” Church in Town Monday
Posted in News on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Westboro Baptist Church protests America Fred Phelps’s infamous Westboro Baptist Church will be in Portland on Monday. What is the extremist “Baptist” Church protesting? The answer is that they are picketing Portland State University’s Queer Resource Center, and more specifically, gender neutral bathrooms. “Gender neutral bathrooms”, according to PSU Atheists and Agnostics founder, Jason Baidenmann, aren’t the [...]
Meet the Officers ~ Anda Clark
Posted in Officers on November 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Anda Clark Signator-elect Anda is a sophomore political science major, who first gained an interest in secular issues after reading Darwin and Dawkins in high school. She is currently working with the Human Rights Campaign to end discrimination based on sexual orientation, and hopes in the future to work on women’s education in Afghanistan. Her [...]


