Westboro Baptist Church in Park Slope this weekend!!!!!!!

Flexichick wrote: I'm not gay, Jewish or Italian and this stuff pisses me off to no end

Don't worry Flexi - they will find a way to hate you too.

Who doesn't?

Why doesn't everyone with a dog walk over there that morning so their pooches can relieve themselves? This would be the one time I encourage people to NOT pick it up!

Ok, so we'll all heed the internet advice of "don't feel the trolls". I really wanted to put sheets in front of them, though

maybe park slopers can make these signs to hold up:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/endswell/gay-people-can-quote-the-bible-too-3f2

I vaguely remember reading that at one school the "church" protested, the students got together and donated a dollar for every minute the protesters were there and then donated it to I think PFLAG. A Bat Mitzvah strikes me as the perfect place to do this.

whynot_31 wrote: [quote=blinktoe]Ok, so we'll all heed the internet advice of "don't feel the trolls". I really wanted to put sheets in front of them, though

I was thinking of building something like this


A better solution would be a high powered audio amplifier that rebroadcast all protest chants with a 3 second delay...and maybe a pitch change. Noboby takes a mickey mouse voice seriously. It would be audio chaos, with no human counter-protest.

:pale: :shaking: I feel soooo sad and frustrated. I am a Christian and learned many, many "good" behaviors and have had so many "good" people help me. It has helped my attitude and my faith has made me a better person. When groups like this make it to the headlines, it just makes more people hate what I believe and makes them turn their back on any faith at all. In fact, although I was affiliated with a church and a certain denomination it has become so politicized that we don't really study the Bible and its teachings at all.
Anyway, it is true, that "turning the other cheek" is the best "weapon " but we have our zealots. Plus, those that are alienated may not be able to do anything but...react negatively and perhaps endanger themselves and others.
Do people really "love to hate"? Perhaps we are so isolated from each other, even more so in urban settings, that the only way to get out our killer instincts is to use our religious beliefs much the same way that tribes in the ancient world fought each other, brutally. Only now, we use words.
"Turn the other cheek" or peace at all cost vs. "Onward Christian Solders" are two very parallel teachings and yet are both at the center of Christian dialogue and contention. It is a battle that many Christians and also those of other faiths constantly deal with, become obsessed with and then loose their relativity. Oh, brother, not the place for this. Just feel sad.
Good night dear Brooklynians.

No no no...you've got it all wrong.

All you need is one guy to toss a vile of this stuff in front of them and then roll camera for YouTube:

US military pondered love not war
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4174519.stm?alt

The unconventional proposals were made by the US Air Force
The US military investigated building a "gay bomb", which would make enemy soldiers "sexually irresistible" to each other, government papers say.

Total cost to US Military through fiscal year 2000: $7.5 million

Total paid to military buddy to swipe you some: $100

Cost of anonymous account on YouTube: $0

The sight of Holy-Rollin' Kansas Homophobes throwing down their signs to hump each other for all the world (and their families back home) to see:

...Priceless

me, I'm just going to be looking for Kansas license plates in the hood during the "protest".

and I might have some bumper stickers with me.

The problem with Westboro Baptist Church is that they don't go far enough! God not only calls homosexuality an abomination, but shrimp is equally an abomination!!! I think we should should show WBC that the Lord Hates Shrimp.

Leviticus 11:9-12 wrote: 9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.

10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:

11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.

12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.

But seriously, this group loves to get a rise. They want us to get all angry, so I hope we can either get some real Baptists to stand in solidarity, or we could just parody them. Here's one example: http://tinyurl.com/ycvtkx3

god hates figs

Wow... Okay, so we should just ignore these crazies and hopefully they'll go home. Somehow, the "troublemaker" in me wants to present my little brown, gay friendly, almost living in sin self down there and... talk.

I will of course, respect the congregation's wishes and not add to the publicity.I will be telepathically sending my support to the congregation. BUT if these guys show up on Flatbush - IT'S ON!!!!!!

I guess they missed my synagogue because we hang out in a church. But if they knew my rabbi is a lesbian...

Ignoring them is spot on! Anything else not only gives them publicity but also disturbs the services inside.