Silverton shows values by backing mayor
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20081203/OPINION/812030395/1048 (http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20081203/OPINION/812030395/1048)
12/3/2008
Silverton taught the nation a lesson last week. A Kansas clan of habitual protesters came to town to decry the election of Stu Rasmussen,who may be the first openly transgendered person elected as a mayor in the U.S.
The four protesters came from Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka — a small, virulently anti-homosexual movement led by Fred Phelps.