OSU students counter, mock anti-gay rally by Westboro Baptists.

[sinkingfeeling]

http://www.thelantern.com/campus/osu-students-counter-mock-anti-gay-rally-1.1664525

Members of the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church made a dramatic appearance at OSU Monday morning on their way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Police denied The Lantern's attempts to speak to the protesters about why they chose to rally at OSU, but a statement on the group's website says OSU students "spend more time pursuing their drunken sins than their academic studies" and that OSU professors teach "the ubiquitous lie that ‘it's OK to be gay.'"

The protest, scheduled from 10 to 10:30 a.m., started late and was over around 10:25 a.m. Afterward, the Westboro group quickly hopped into a van as some in the crowd chanted, "Hey hey, ho ho, these homophobes have got to go!"

The rally at OSU was part of Westboro's "I-70 GodSmack Tour: from WBC to DC," a tour which has taken the group from Kansas to Washington, D.C. The group members are headed to the nation's capital to support their leader, Fred Phelps, in the case Snyder v. Phelps, which will be presented Wednesday to the Supreme Court. Albert Snyder, the father of a fallen marine, is suing Phelps, saying Phelps caused him emotional distress after members of the Westboro Baptist Church protested at his son's funeral in 2006. Snyder was awarded nearly $11 million in the suit, but the case was appealed by Phelps and thrown out because of First Amendment rights.
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There's a slide show of photos at the link. Go Bucks!!

[saltpoint]

1. It is a deep-boned idiot who, touring Ohio, could not

take a little autumn detour road trip just south to the Athens area to see fall foilage among those old oak trees down thataway.

Instead they stayed along the interstate, stopping only to spew bigotry to college students.

So much for insight and judgment.

[RKP5637]

2. Sewage on a road trip! n/t

[realisticphish]

3. Wow, 11th and High, very brave

:eyes: They should have gone down to the Short North on a Saturday night, and seen the response they got from THAT crowd.

[grace0418]

4. I love the moran who made the comment "stop smoking the poll".

Another right wing genius. :eyes:

[Maeve]

5. My kid was there!!! I'm so proud of her!

She said she had done "something very college--joined a peaceful protest" and had a cookie. By her description, I thought it had to be Westboro idiots; glad to see I can still call 'em.

Bookmarking the article so her dad can see it, too.

[RKP5637]

6. +1000 +++ n/t