Bay Windows has gotten word that Fred "God Hates Fags" Phelps is coming to Boston Monday with his Westboro Baptist Church to kick off Gay Pride week!  Woo hooo!

No, he's not going to be the Grand Marshal of the big parade, alas.  He's in town to picket "the fag-infested and pervert-run Boston Latin School", whose students, according to a press release, are "violent, freakish, worthless, brute-beast children." Pot, meet Kettle. I mean, Fred, have you looked at your own kids lately?

Hopefully, Boston will represent, but if you don't have time to make it down to Boston Latin for all the fun, there's an easy way to be there in spirit.  Bay Windows explains:

In protest of the Church’s presence at the school, an organization called Phelps-A-Thon is asking for donations to benefit the Boston Latin School’s Gay-Straight Alliance. During the Church’s 30-minute protest (from 7:15 a.m. to 7:45 a.m.), participants can pledge a donation for every minute the group will be demonstrating.

"We are using Phelps’ own hateful message to raise funds for a good cause," reads the group’s website, phelps-a-thon.com. The group tracks the WBC’s demonstrations across the country and urges community members of the towns in which the WBC pickets to donate to pro-LGBT causes.

The website reports that after every protest, Phelps-A-Thon sends a thank-you card to Fred Phelps, head of the WBC, informing him of how much money was raised for LGBT rights. "We can turn these hateful words into positive change," phelps-a-thon.com reads

This isn't the first time there's been a Phelps-a-thon in Boston. The brainchild of gay activist and Tufts grad Chris Mason, there have been at least two other Phelps-a-thons in Boston in the past two years, including the first-ever, at the Boston Center for the Arts production of "The Laramie Project" in 2008, and at Cambridge Ringe and Latin last year.

So go to Phelps-a-thon.com and make the pledge! 

It's a great way to kick off Boston Pride!