Rafael McDonnell at Resource Center Dallas reports that the agency has already received 25 contributions totaling more than $800 for its “Hell Freezes Over” counterprotest fundraiser of Westboro Bapitst Church. WBC’s Phelps clan is scheduled to visit Resource Center on Friday evening, and RCD is using the opportunity to raise money for an ice machine for its meals program serving low-income people with HIV/AIDS. McDonnell said the contributions thus far have come from as far as New York, North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland.
“I thought this would get a reaction from the community,” McDonnell said Tuesday afternoon. “I don’t’ think I anticipated the level of reaction to be honest. This thing has just spidered out through social media in an amazing way.”
Also, Brian MacDonough was kind enough to share some photos from a sign-making party Monday night at Lee Harvey’s, to prepare for the Phelps clan’s visit to Dallas, which also includes several other pickets Friday through Sunday. MacDonough said the group planned to gather again Tuesday at Lee Harvey’s at 6:30 p.m. My favorite sign so far is the one gay artist Robb Conover is holding above, but the Phelpses would say that’s just because I’m a pervert. More signs after the jump.
The best we could come up with was a tag line from an 80s song?
Excuse me, but in the original fax, the Phelps klan called us FIGS not FAGS, John. Please get your slurs straight.
From God Hates Figs . com Jesus rebuked the fig as an evil abomination (Matthew 21:18–20); Jesus commanded us not to eat of the cursed fig (Mark 11:12–14); Eat a fig, go to Hell (Psalm 78:47); God promises terrible vengeance for fig-eaters (Jeremiah 29:17). […] figs are the source of all the world’s evils. They are a plague upon humanity and an abomination in the sight of the Lord.