Picture - Carol Hartsell A house across the road from the repulsively anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church has been painted in rainbow colours. Charity worker Aaron Jackson bought a house that sits directly across from the church's compound in Topeka, Kansas six months ago. It’s now being painted to match the pride flag and being renamed “Equality House”. "I read a story about Josef Miles, a 10-year-old kid who counter-protested the Westboro Baptist Church by holding the sign that says 'God Hates No One,'" Jackson’s told The Huffington Post. "I didn't know anything about the church or where they were located, but that story kept popping up. And one night I wondered, Where is this church? I got on Google Earth, and I was 'walking down the road,' and I did a 360 view. And I saw a 'For Sale' sign sitting in the front yard of a house. Right away it hit me, Oh my gosh, I could buy a house in front of the WBC! And immediately I thought: And I'm going to paint that thing the colour of the pride flag." Jackson wants the house to be a message that where there's hate, there's also love.
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First published: Wednesday, 20th March 2013 - 10:52am