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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 color of the pride flag.’” According to the chyron on the bottom of the screen, 'ISIS FLAG SPOTTED AT GAY PRIDE PARADE.' The. I was ‘walking down the road,’ did a 360 view and I saw a ‘For Sale’ sign sitting in the front yard of a house. On Saturday, during coverage of a gay rights rally, CNN ran a segment with an alarming message. “And one night I wondered, ‘Where is this church?’ he said. Jackson told the Huffington Post he knew nothing about Westboro Baptist Church until it kept “popping up” in the news. Jackson said his non-profit is calling the house the “Equality House.” “People keep coming out, honking horns, taking pictures,” he said. So far, Jackson said he’s received nothing but support from the Topeka community. In a phone interview with FOX4KC, Jackson said he and a team of volunteers will spend Tuesday painting the colors of the gay pride flag on it. Known for their “God hates fags” slogan, members of Westboro Baptist Church will soon have to face the gay pride flag - or its colors - every day.Īaron Jackson, a humanitarian who helped found Planting Peace, a charity that has in the past assisted orphanages, rain forests and helped with de-worming programs, bought a house located across from the church six months ago. Volunteers painted a home dubbed ‘The Equality House’ with gay pride colors across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church, known for its stances against gays, in Topeka, Kan.