JAKE MAY | Central Michigan Life Eliana Lifson, 10, of Mount Pleasant rests her head on her mother Rachel Ann Foster's shoulder as the two stand amidst about 60 protestors who gathered at Central Michigan University against Shirley Phelps-Roper, a member of Westboro Baptist Church, who came to speak to students about First Amendment rights. "They can't tell us what to do," said Lifson, who called in sick to school to practice free speech. "Straight people support this. Gays and lesbians are free to do what they want. I'm straight, but I am not narrow. ... (Westboro Baptist Church doesn't) even know the definition of decency. They prey on hate, fear and sorrow."
