| The upcoming KKK rally in Athens Alabama will be surrounded by loving, peaceful protesters. This is the message I received: Pastor Jeremy Lucas from St. Timothy Episcopal Church on 207 East Washington St. Athens is requesting your presence on September 15 2007 at 2:30 pm at that time we will start the silent witness walk to the court house in Athens where the kkk will be present.
Protesters will walk in silence and carry signs that say LOVE. I think there is a great deal of merit to the idea that the Klan is one of America's homegrown terrorist groups, although I'm not convinced the Department of Homeland Security actually treats them as such. Apparently terrorizing the general public is a lot worse than just terrorizing black or brown people in America. No matter what Klan members have to say, Lucas said, he believes that the group has no moral standing to make pronouncements on any issue. "The KKK is our own terrorist organization," Lucas said. "They have murdered, lynched and terrorized thousands of people in this country, or inspired the same. It is disingenuous of us to say that someone in Saudi Arabia ought to do something about their (Muslim) hate groups and then us not do the same." The plan pastors are urging for counter-protesters comes from the non-violent training "Creating a Culture of Peace." Lucas helped train people in those methods when he worked with the Fellowship of Reconciliation, now based at Kirkridge Retreat Center in Pennsylvania.
The Anti-Defamation League has this to say about the Klan splinter that will be in Athens on Saturday: Another older Klan group, the Church of the National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, long based in Osceola, Indiana, has caused headaches for the local community. Its activity outside Indiana, however, was relatively limited. Like the BOK, though, the National Knights exhibited increased activity, as well as activity in parts of the country far from its base. The National Knights held a rally in May 2006 in Pauline, South Carolina, organized by Grand Dragon Joshua Fowler. They also held a rally in South Carolina in November 2005. The National Knights were active in other Southern states as well, including holding an anti-immigration rally in May 2006 in Russellville, Alabama, with 50 marchers. Ray Larsen, the head of the National Knights, came down from Indiana to speak at the event, at which people yelled slogans such as “Let’s get rid of the Mexicans!
Did you ever see such ridiculous outfits? No fashion sense -- probably another sign they have no good sense of any kind. 
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