Protesting Christians

Over the past two days our campus has been invaded by radical, militant, Wisconsin preachers. As far as I know, they have been doing this, going campus to campus, to spread a rather unsavoury message for many years.  Those of us that were there felt equally, faith or no faith, religion or none, Agnostics, Atheists, Christians, Pagans, Buddhist, etc. that these intruders were spreading a message that we did not agree with, a dangerous message, and a humorously absurd message.  

I did, however, have a few people approach me to ask, "why don't you just ignore them? You're only giving them more  power."  This may be true. Drawing extra attention to, and creating a more entertaining spectacle did enhance the broadcasting of their message. But the protesters did something far more important than undercutting these twisted "preachers'" power. We took a stand to say that Washburn does not support intolerance, misogamy, and ignorance. That the students at Washburn are open-minded, loving, and tolerant. The University should be proud of it's students after yesterday and today.

"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. "

~Martin Luther King, Jr.