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hello truthy friends,<br><br>I wanted to share a quick protest success story done with some good humor.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>I went to 3 of their 6 protests on Monday and helped wage some counter protesting,<br><br>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. <br><br>Here are some pictures from the protest:<br><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dagpix/sets/72157621814762111/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/<wbr>dagpix/sets/72157621814762111/</a><br>
<br>and here is a quick video from the protest:<br>
<br><a href="http://sharing.theflip.com/session/afb4e5b2a36dad741ff699c1332cab45/video/5433222" target="_blank">http://sharing.theflip.com/<wbr>session/<wbr>afb4e5b2a36dad741ff699c1332cab<wbr>45/video/5433222</a><br><br>and here is a writeup in Time Out Chicago:<br>
<br><a href="http://www3.timeoutny.com/chicago/blog/out-and-about/2009/08/god-hates-figs-best-church-of-god-out-protests-westboro/" target="_blank">http://www3.timeoutny.com/<wbr>chicago/blog/out-and-about/<wbr>2009/08/god-hates-figs-best-<wbr>church-of-god-out-protests-<wbr>westboro/</a><br>
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