Ed Brayton is a freelance writer and speaker. He is the co-founder and president of 
Here's a follow up article on the Lakeway Inn in Meade, Kansas. That's the little restaurant and B&B that has a small rainbow flag hanging outside that anti-gay bigots presumed had something to do with homosexuality and thus threw a major hissy fit, cutting up the flag and starting boycotts and protests. This is a hopeful turn:
"We're getting 200 e-mails a day," J.R. says.To give financial support to the Lakeway for standing its ground, people out of the area are calling up to rent rooms by credit card with no intention of spending the night.
The southwest chapter of the Kansas Equality Coalition recently booked the Lakeway as the site of their next monthly meeting.
Then there are the flags.
People are sending rainbow flags from around the world.
That way, the Knights will never run out of them.
"I'm never taking it down," J.R. said.
Three cheers for a little basic human decency and kindness.
Comments
Three cheers also for cheap and easy global communication.
It's harder for local pinheaded stupidity to go unnotice and unscorned when it can be exposed for what it is in front of the more decent and sensible constituents of civilization.
-Rob
Posted by: Rob Knop | August 8, 2006 12:42 PM
This is great to hear. I plan on stopping by for lunch or dinner next time I am driving through the area.
Posted by: merm | August 8, 2006 5:53 PM