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Wyoming Governor Says Phelps Not Welcome
October 13, 1998
(LARAMIE, Wyo – Associate Press) Wyoming officials were bracing for the
arrival of members of a Topeka, Kan., church that regularly engages in
anti-homosexual picketing; they are planning to demonstrate at Shepard's
funeral Friday in Casper. The church group is headed by Rev. Fred Phelps,
who ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Kansas
earlier this year.
Gov. Jim Geringer (R) said officials cannot stop the group from Westboro
Baptist from coming to Casper, but he wants them to know their presence is
not wanted.
"What we don't need is a bunch of wingnuts coming in," Geringer said.
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