Josh Altman, the president of the College Democrats, and various leaders of other organizations explain why the Westboro Baptist Church is not welcome at GW.

Dear Westboro Baptist Church visitors,

Welcome to our campus. Allow us to introduce ourselves. We are the students of The George Washington University. The brochures call us “Colonials,” but we are also believers and we are atheists. We are Democrats and we are Republicans, liberals and conservatives. We are black and white. We are straight and we are gay. We are partiers and we are studiers, we are rivals and we are friends. We are the future doctors, lawyers, diplomats and politicians of the world. We are all of these things, and each and every one of us proudly occupies our own unique place on the continuum in between.

Most importantly, however, we share one common principle. Though there are hundreds of other things with which we could fill the blank that follows “We are,” in the end, it isn’t the changing blank, but rather the constant “we” that reflects our true strength as students.