[CitizensTruth] protest victory - Westboro Baptists

[Hal Snyder]

Brilliant. Dispel hate with humor.

See also:



http://www.flickr.com/photos/obamastrikeforce/3815495787/

On Aug 13, 2009, at 1:42 AM, andrew ritter wrote:


> hello truthy friends,

>

> I wanted to share a quick protest success story done with some good  

> humor.

>

> I know that we all come from a variety of religous beliefs, but  

> hopefully we all agree that this particular group is mostly just  

> mean and hurtful and divisive.

>

> I am talking about the Westboro Baptists (from Kansas, who are  

> famous for protesting at the funerals of dead american soldiers with  

> signs that say "God Hates Fags") who came to Chicago so that they  

> could protest Jews because they believe that God hates Jews.

>

> I went to 3 of their 6 protests on Monday and helped wage some  

> counter protesting,

>

> I convinced a group of friends from a show I perform with called  

> "The Best Church of God" to wage a satirical protests with me for  

> the evening protest at The Auditorium Theatre and it was a huge  

> success.  The Westboro crew were scheduled to protest the Don  

> Rickles performance for 90 minutes and they ended up leaving after  

> just 40 minutes because of our presence.

>

> Here are some pictures from the protest:

>

> http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagpix/sets/72157621814762111/

>

> and here is a quick video from the protest:

>

> http://sharing.theflip.com/session/afb4e5b2a36dad741ff699c1332cab45/video/5433222

>

> and here is a writeup in Time Out Chicago:

>

> http://www3.timeoutny.com/chicago/blog/out-and-about/2009/08/god-hates-figs-best-church-of-god-out-protests-westboro/

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