Town Where Once a Man Was Killed for Being Gay Now Shields Its Residents from Westboro Baptist Hate
Somewhere, Ryan Skipper is smiling.
No, Ryan Skipper is laughing, high-fiving, and doing the chicken dance. Or maybe that’s just us, upon hearing the recent state of affairs in Lakeland, Fla.
One person who might not have gotten the anti-homophobia message is Sheriff Grady Judd
The same place where, in 2007, 25-year-old Ryan Skipper was bound and brutally stabbed, leaving his car so bloodied that the his murderers, who planned to steal it, drove it off a dock instead — all because, as they told investigators, Ryan was gay — the very same Lakeland citizenry has now massed together to fight off the Westboro Baptist Church, known for its nonsensical hate-mongering against homosexuals.
