For reasons known only to the voices inside his head, Fred Phelps’ band of Merry Pranksters from Westboro Baptist Church are picketing outside Comic-Con this weekend. (For the culturally unaware, Comic-Con is an annual gathering of comic book, science fiction, fantasy, and other genre fans; gathering so many nerds in one place usually results in a temporary slippage of the Earth’s axis, which is why it’s so beastly hot here in the DC metro area today–naturally, I’d be there if I could.) Anyway, they were doing their usual God-Hates-Fags-America-Pretty-Much-Anyone-Who-Isn’t-Part-Of-The-Phelps-Gene-Jacuzzi routine, when the fanboys (and girls) went into action. Comics Alliance has pictures, including my favorites:
Amen–preach it, brother. Then there was the line of the day, from commenter “Kat,” who apparently does know his or her New Testament:
The geek shall inherit the Earth.
(Via Hot Air.)



July 24, 2010 at 7:13 pm
What, no flying spaghetti monster?
July 24, 2010 at 10:16 pm
There was also a online fund-raiser for the Comic Defense League, where you could pledge either a fixed amount, or an amount per minute. This is a group that will donate legal support to fight Fred Phelps’ group. The amount per minute kicked in when the Westboro group shows up, and would keep adding up until they left.
Thanks to Westboro, the group collected $1,500 in this way. The CDL will be sending Westboro and Phelps a Thank You card !!
July 25, 2010 at 8:48 am
“Is this thing on?” is priceless.