SN&R follows anti-gay protesters the Church of the Divide

[Jankyn]

In today's issue of the Sacramento News & Review, writer Kel Munger reports on six months spent trailing the local anti-gay evangelical group The Church of the Divide, as well as some of their Slavic evangelical allies: "Things to do in Sacramento with a megaphone"

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A partial list of the protests over the last half-dozen years is impressive. The Dividers have protested at Wal-Mart (for saying “Happy Holidays!” instead of “Merry Christmas!”); at theaters that screened Brokeback Mountain, the “gay cowboy” movie; and at other churches, with signs that read, “This is a fake church” (for sins such as offering free gasoline to new members or being too nice to gay people). Luke’s father has dressed up in a devil costume, complete with pitchfork, to make sure people know where they’re headed for not doing things the Divider way.

But this small band of Dividers have focused with laserlike intensity on protesting at gay events, where that “Sodomy is Sin” banner functions as both a calling card and a demand for gays to return to the closet.

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[PJPhreak]

1. Sounds like Westboro Baptist Church

and Fred Phelps are branching out!