kkk coming to western north carolina!

north america / mexico | anti-fascism | non-anarchist press Wednesday August 31, 2005 02:59 by ARA - ARA asheville ARAasheville at hotmail dot com

The KKK is coming to WNC to protest a queer methodist conference happening 30 mins. out side of Asheville.

The KKK is coming to WNC to protest a queer methodist conference happening 30 mins. out side of Asheville.

Last time these idiots came to Asheville in 1997 they were greeted by over 1000 angry people who chased them out of town with bricks and stones

We need to make this the KKKs last appearnace in WNC

here's a local media article about the event:


Haywood Co. Prepares for Gay Methodists Conference
AP The Associated Press

(08/26/05 - ASHEVILLE) - A meeting of gay Methodists in western North Carolina over Labor Day weekend has law enforcement officials preparing for protests from conservative groups and the Ku Klux Klan.
Haywood County Sheriff Tom Alexander met with other officers Thursday to plan for the Sept. 2-5 gathering at the Lake Junaluska Assembly of the Reconciling Ministries Network, a Chicago-based group that wants the United Methodist Church opened to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Christians. The conference is expected to attract about 500 attendees.

Among those planning to protest the meeting are the Cordele, Ga.-based American White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Asheville Citizen-Times reported Friday.

Imperial Wizard J.J. Harper told the newspaper he expects 20 Klan protesters in plain clothes. State law bans the KKK from wearing masks in public.

Alexander plans to deploy his own deputies, members of the Junaluska Assembly's 13-officer force and officers from the State Bureau of Investigation, the FBI and the state Highway Patrol around the conference site.

Officers from other municipalities will be on call to respond to problems, Alexander said.

"I am more worried about the non-organized protesters than the organized protesters," he said.

The security chief for the privately owned assembly, Steven Staley, said pro-gay and anti-gay protesters will be asked to go to separate areas of the campus.

Local newspapers have been filled with letters about the conference in recent days. On Sunday, Nesbitt Chapel United Methodist Church in nearby Buncombe County bought a half-page newspaper ad urging "Christian Brothers and Sisters in Christ" to join them in "standing against the pro-homosexual rally" planned for Labor Day weekend.

directions to the event:Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center
689 N. Lakeshore Drive
Lake Junaluska, NC 28745

Coming from East (from Asheville-25 miles):
From I-40, take exit 27 onto US 19-23.
Drive 3-4 miles.
Do not take exit 104 -- it is easy to get lost.
Take exit 103 and drive about 1 mile until you see Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center front entrance gates on the right.
Bear right and follow the main road.

Coming from West (from Knoxville- 92 miles):
From I-40, take exit 20 toward "Lake Junaluska, Maggie Valley".
Bear right on the ramp.
Drive 7 miles until you come to the stop light.
Turn left at the light and drive 3 more miles until you pass the
second stop light.
The Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center front gates
will be on your left shortly after.
Turn left and follow the main road.

Coming from Atlanta- 172 miles from Midtown:
I-85 North to I-985 North. At Gainesville, GA take 365 North to 441 North into NC. Just past Dillsboro, NC, 441 merges with US 74 which will turn into 23/74. Take Hwy 23/74 North Lake Junaluska/Maggie Valley Exit (102-B). Travel two miles then turn right on US 19. The entrance to Lake Junaluska is approximately ¼ mile on left.