'God Loves Gay Robin': Comic-Con Laughs Fred Phelps Out of Town
The Westboro Baptist Church brought their special brand of hate to San Diego's Comic-Con yesterday, but their "God Hates Fags" demonstration was drowned out by a much funnier one from a large group of Comic-Con counterprotesters, many dressed as characters and superheroes.
"Superman died for people's sins," "God Loves Gay Robin," "God Needs a Starship," and "Is This Thing On?" were some of the slogans on the signs meant to counter the WBC's hateful message.
Comic-con very effectively turned the WBC's whole M.O. into a joke.
Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...
I Love Nerds! :)
Posted by: Allen | Jul 23, 2010 7:59:02 AM
Genius.
Posted by: Dan | Jul 23, 2010 8:14:43 AM
See, this is why I only date nerds. :)
Posted by: g_whiz | Jul 23, 2010 8:17:34 AM
Every group should adopt this response. Make those nutty fucks look even sillier every time they show up.
Posted by: princely54 | Jul 23, 2010 8:41:41 AM
I confess, I'm a closet Nerd lover...
Posted by: RONTEX | Jul 23, 2010 8:41:50 AM
oh how I adore my fellow comic geeks ;)
Posted by: Daniel | Jul 23, 2010 8:52:56 AM
So proud of my fellow-geeks! More photos here http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/07/22/comic-con-vs-westboro-baptist-church/
Posted by: Chad | Jul 23, 2010 9:12:03 AM
Love It!
Though, I think it would have been more appropriate if Bender's sign had said "Bite My Shiny Metal Ass!"
Posted by: Rob | Jul 23, 2010 9:40:48 AM
As a gay nerd, i support this topic
Posted by: JJS | Jul 23, 2010 9:47:23 AM
They also chanted: "WHAT DO WE WANT" "GAY SEX" "WHEN DO WE WANT IT" "NOW!"
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/07/22/super-heroes-vs-the-westboro-baptist-church/
Nerds rule! :)
Posted by: Aman Chaudhary | Jul 23, 2010 9:54:55 AM
Wow, they didn't stay long.. I was in and out of the convention center several times yesterday and never saw them!
I was hoping to get a pic of them fleeing in terror from by a bunch of hug-happy fur-suited characters. Sigh. Maybe next time. =)
Posted by: jexer | Jul 23, 2010 10:02:12 AM
Hurray for BENDER!
And I support robosexual marriage.
Posted by: Charlie | Jul 23, 2010 10:05:29 AM
Is Doug Manchester's Grand Hyatt hotel, once again, the headquarters for ComCom this year?
Posted by: smallhandff | Jul 23, 2010 10:54:30 AM
If I was a robot I would totally do Bender.
I have a thing for bad boys.
Posted by: James | Jul 23, 2010 11:22:41 AM
@James:
You don't have to be a robot. Robosexual relationships were legalized in a recent episode.
Posted by: Steve | Jul 23, 2010 11:55:03 AM
Dear Counterprotesters:
On behalf of all the sane, Phelps-loathing people of Kansas (who, yes, are many), thank you so very much for making this gang of repulsive idiots look just like what they are.
Y'all rock!
Posted by: Alistair Young | Jul 23, 2010 1:08:19 PM
I'm going tomorrow, if WBC wants to wait around I'll be there to lend my nerd support! EFF THE WBC
Posted by: john | Jul 23, 2010 2:51:11 PM
This is awesome!
Posted by: kflo | Jul 23, 2010 4:25:39 PM
Perhaps ironically, I think Fred Phelps has done more to bring equality to mainstream thought than all the gay pride parades put together.
Posted by: Mikey B. | Jul 23, 2010 5:10:36 PM
These young folks are giving me hope!
Posted by: Rachel | Jul 23, 2010 5:45:27 PM
Someone needs to take Katy Perry's annoyingly offensive "California Gurls" song, rewrite it to celebrate California nerds, and create a video with clips from this counter-protest!
NERD POWER!
Posted by: Flutterby | Jul 23, 2010 6:17:45 PM
On the first video, at 26 seconds, you can see the flag-sarong butterfly-sign woman from the other protests. Is it always just the same people at each protest? Are these people actually interested in supporting the WBC, or are they just getting a free roadtrip out of the deal?
Posted by: Jake | Jul 23, 2010 7:17:45 PM
When it comes to clever signage, absolutely no one beats fandom. The WBC just had to be told that Zod Hates Nags.
Posted by: Will | Jul 25, 2010 1:20:59 AM
"the cylons destroyed the 12 colonies for your sins"--priceless, and i don't even like battlestar galactica.
why would god need a star ship?
Posted by: rickster | Jul 25, 2010 12:54:18 PM
Just hope everyone realizes that Kansas hates Fred Phelps too. We all think he and his church are idiots.
Posted by: Shawna | Jul 25, 2010 12:57:14 PM