"God Killed Him For Loving Fags"

[meegbear]

I was front and center at San Francisco's City Hall today, on a photo assignment for
The Bilerico Project and IN La Magazine.

There were maybe a tad under a thousand people outside City Hall and maybe a dozen who were anti-gay protesters. They were very course and ugly individuals.

One gentleman, a supporter dressed head to toe in leather, was playing his guitar and suddenly dropped like a tree at my feet, before I could bend down to check his pulse, cops swarmed the guy and started CPR. They were very professional.

Sadly, I think he might have died. They resuscitated him for 20 minutes and he did not respond. They started an IV of 1 liter of saline and gave him O2. About 10 minutes in, he swallowed and kinda of coughed and the crowd cheered.

It was so quick. He just fell. Within minutes he was ashen and grey.

At this point I was crying like a child - and yes, I did take a pic of the guy who gave me sympathy hugs. The guitar player was so happy and joyful and he just dropped - reminded me of Tim Russert.



One of the Christian protesters (pictured below) was chanting at his body - "Satan Got You!" "What is the Devil whispering in your ear about now?"



I yelled at the guy, "If you are such a Christian, why aren't you praying for the guy dying on the concrete?" The protester replied, "God killed him for loving fags!!" The cops even stepped in and told the guy to shut his mouth.

I have no idea what the ultimate fate of the guitar player is. I have high hopes he will live to sing another day.

Click HERE for the entire photoset and highlighted pictures.

Update: This priest was in the crowd yesterday and reported the guitar player was breathing when they put him in the ambulance. So that is good news.

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/06/god_killed_him_for_loving_fags.php

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The protester won an LaBarbrea Award for his statements.

[baldguy]

1. The face of evil.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Have you ever looked into a person's eyes

and realize that their soul is hidden or even gone? That's what I see in that person's eyes. If I were anywhere near him, I'd be protecting myself with sage and using Qi to keep him away!

[MNBrewer]

22. You can just see the light of Jesus' love pouring out of him

:sarcasm:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. I certainly hope the guitar player is ok

and that he recovers and becomes healed from whatever malady felled him. As for the man claiming to be a Christian--look at his face--is there anyone home? I don't see a loving spirit, only hate. May his eyes be opened, may he become aware of the teachings of Jesus instead of the out of context ramblings of Paul.

[terrya]

4. I hope the guitar player is ok.

And fuck that "Christian" protestor with a rusty, nail studded dildo. My patience is through with those disgusting piece of shit hatemongers.

[papapi]

5. Bigotry and hatred knows no bounds with the fundies.

I'll keep guitar player in my thoughts.

[xchrom]

6. i hope every one sees the pics of the anti-gay protestors -- especially this one --

that's the exterior, the visible hate.
now multiply that by many times -- throw in some really horrfying parenting techniques --

and that's something like the visible hate we have to deal with -- and how awful we have to deal with it on a day of such joy.

[ccharles000]

7. ...

I hope the guitar player is ok and that guy is a filthy shit.

[Tyo]

8. Christ must be a huge inconvenience for these people

All that charity and love stuff. Do you think those Bibles that you always see them clutching even contain The Beatitudes or have those been redacted from the approved Fundie version?

[readmoreoften]

12. hilarious subject line

:) !

[FreeState]

9. Kevin Farrer

The anti-gay religious nut case's name is Kevin Farrer. The LA times has a picture of him with his name here: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gayweddings-pg,0,5597152.photogallery?index=25. He is viciously anti gay doing a search on his name brings up a plethora of homophobic rants.

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. Dude really commands a crowd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9Z6OsoJqB0




"Just keep walking, Melville."

"But mooooooooom, I wanna see the Crazy Man!"

"No. He's dangerous. Keep walking. And don't look."

[La Lioness Priyanka]

10. and yet i am still alive. i love fags. a lot of fags.

my brother. my friends. fellow du'ers.

[ThomCat]

13. I hope the guitar player is okay.

:cry:

And I hope that protester grows up and discovers some compassion. :(

[windoe]

14. Hate as a lifestyle is a social disease,

it is the first step toward dehumanization, which rationalizes denying human rights to people, easily progressing into violence. It is not democratic and certainly not American.
I hold religious leaders around the world responsible for fueling intolerance, since they CAN turn the tide in the other direction and preach peace. I wish someone would hold their feet to the fire for once, deny them tax relief if they preach violence!!

[DarkTirade]

15. And this is why I'm afraid to go to things like this...

because I'd probably be in jail for homicide after seeing that.

[Chovexani]

18. I'd bail you out

Except I'd be an accomplice and in need of bail myself.

[DarkTirade]

19. I don't think I'd have left anything for you.

Sowwy. *gives his most innocent pout possible*

[Chovexani]

20. I think I could make do.

:evilgrin:

[DarkTirade]

21. Yeah, but it's not as fun when there's no consciousness to register the pain.

:shrug:

[littlebit]

16. What a sorry

piece of crap. I so would have beat him to the point that he would have seen the devil. People like this make me ill.

[Karl_Bonner_1982]

17. A perfect reminder: Their religion is not a reason, but an excuse

This hatemonger is using God as an excuse to hate, not as a source of personal inspiration. You see that attitude a lot on the Fundie Rite...