Midland resident on Westboro Baptist Church members CMU visit: 'Jesus didn't preach hate'

The members of the Westboro Baptist Church preach a version of the Bible they "kind of made up," says one person who heard them speak at Central Michigan University. Joseph Blackmore, a 20-year-old Midland resident attended with a friend one of the three sessions where four members of the church discussed their beliefs with students. "I am a follower of Christ," said the former Delta College student who served in the U.S. Air Force in 2010. "It scares me what they are doing." Four members of the church came to speak to three of Associate Journalism Professor Tim Boudreau's classes. Each semester, Boudreau invites controversial speakers to his classes to demonstrate the protection of the First Amendment.

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