When the hatemongers from Westboro Baptist Church announced they were coming to Charleston, W.Va., to do their usual ‘God Hates Figs’ bit (I decline to give them what they want – which is to use the media to propagate their own version of that line), Covenant House gathered a host of area folk for a flashy response. This is a video of a flash mob rehearsal in the Covenant House parking lot, set to a techno version of ‘Country Roads.’ Note the final long, continuous take, ending in the pigeons checking out what was going on down there on the lot. Bewt counter-protest sign at the following day’s protest: ‘God hates signs.’ This video originally accompanied a story on April 7, 2010 in the Charleston Gazette: www.wvgazette.com
Video Rating: 4 / 5