So, today was the big day for the Haters from Westboro Baptist Church to visit the Community Center and Help raise money for a new freezer.
If you didn't get a chance to read the flyer:
http://www.rcdallas.org/release/wbc-protest-fundraiser.doc
I wouldn't miss it for the world!
Some days, you're determined to do the right thing, but your pre-conceived idea is quite different from what happens . That's OK. write this one down -- it is ALWAYS a good thing to stand up in support of love and justice, and it's NEVER a mistake.
Eveyone knows you're supposed to have signs to take to a demonstration, so I went to the dollar store and got my discount poster board and markers to make my sign -
And here's a video of me going off to protest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDmBdvX0-4U
So I showed up with my totally appropriate protest signs and pink triangle. ....
BUT -
......I got the impression that the People in Dallas might need more direction on the concept of a "Protest" Sign.
Apparently, God does not actually hate everything and everyody (contrary to what my friends from Kansas say) -- some things He just feels very strongly about.
Some people miss the point of a sign.
Here's a Mom who understands.
I don't know what free-loving zombies would look like.
Did anyone tell these girls they were at the wrong rally?
But eventually the haters do show up.
Don't Mess with Texas!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_v._texas
But there are some things God apparently really hates....
Thankfully,
Some people are totally "not clear" on the concept
To be fair, some of the signs on their side of the street were also pretty strange:
I don't know where he's coming from.
Some people were there to make a very important statement:
Some were just trying to figure out why they're hated.
Finally, the bad guys went away. Ours was their last stop of the day and they only stayed 20 of their allotted 30 minutes. The head of the family didn't show up in the rain, he sent his grandchildren.
On their own website, the haters say that one of the things that set them off was a huge civil rights case that came out of Texas in 2003. Lawrence v. Texas basically says that the police may not kick in the bedroom door of consenting adults and arrest them for what they are doing in the privacy of their bedroom -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_v._texas
But there are some things God apparently really hates....
I suppose God has been to Cleveland but I don't know what they did to make him so mad.
Thankfully,
Some people are totally "not clear" on the concept
Or perhaps they are MOST clear that the thing to do with haters is laugh at them -- like Mel Brooks said.
To be fair, some of the signs on their side of the street were also pretty strange:
I think this hater might be dyslexic.
I don't know where he's coming from.
I wonder if this guy grabbed the wrong signs out of the van
Some people were there to make a very important statement:
Some were just trying to figure out why they're hated.
some people are just trying to get through life the best they can.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGZaOoxLxVk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGZaOoxLxVk
I guess this is as good a venue as any to demand justice.
In this bedlam I found one faithful old Catholic nun who arrived all alone with her cane to say the same thing she's said her whole life:
The bad guys just kept waving their same tired old signs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h2pTNV3OMk
Finally, the bad guys went away. Ours was their last stop of the day and they only stayed 20 of their allotted 30 minutes. The head of the family didn't show up in the rain, he sent his grandchildren.
Public service announcements notwithstanding.
Yes, we raised money for the darned freezer.
But you wanna know what was really the most important thing I did all day? The thing that made me glad I went??
I told these two boys how much God loves them......
