There had been rumors that they were coming and it proved to be the case yesterday on a sunny Tuesday morning. The crazy people from Westboro Baptist Church were continuing on their crusade to share their bizarre and pretty offensive rhetoric about gay people and how dead US soldiers were struck down by God for representing such a depraved nation. Louis Theroux spends some time with them in two documentaries he has made, the first part of one is here. Apparently they had decided that OSU was a particularly gay friendly institution and were therefore worthy of their attention. So there they were on the corner of 12th and High Street, police behind them, across the road from them and a few more down the road for good measure.
There were only four of them. There always seemed to be a lot more of them when Louis made his films. Maybe times are getting tough and they couldn't afford the vehicles or gas to drive over from Missouri. I reckon there were probably about 200 OSU students counter-protesting and generally doing their best to drown out the crazies. It seemed that it was too good an opportunity to miss for some Michigan bashing. The idea that the Westboro folks were Michigan alumni was pretty good. I have to say that I'm looking forward to how "Beat Michigan Week" pans out later on in November; yes that's right, a whole week dedicated to beating another college football team. There were also plenty of signs suggesting that Shirley (the leader of the gang) was a certain number of things that I won't repeat now...
On Sunday K and I decided to put her vegetarianism to the test by heading to what has been called the best food truck in Columbus by some people. I went for the grass fed brisket with a side of mac and cheese and baked beans. The beef was pretty amazing, lightly smoked, just breaking to pieces and served with homemade Dogfishhead ale barbeque sauce. I ate it quickly and didn't waste too much time with the Baked beans which were also smokey and had little chunks of pork in between too. K had mac and cheese and greens, not the best of choices for her. Will be going back.
There were only four of them. There always seemed to be a lot more of them when Louis made his films. Maybe times are getting tough and they couldn't afford the vehicles or gas to drive over from Missouri. I reckon there were probably about 200 OSU students counter-protesting and generally doing their best to drown out the crazies. It seemed that it was too good an opportunity to miss for some Michigan bashing. The idea that the Westboro folks were Michigan alumni was pretty good. I have to say that I'm looking forward to how "Beat Michigan Week" pans out later on in November; yes that's right, a whole week dedicated to beating another college football team. There were also plenty of signs suggesting that Shirley (the leader of the gang) was a certain number of things that I won't repeat now...
On Sunday K and I decided to put her vegetarianism to the test by heading to what has been called the best food truck in Columbus by some people. I went for the grass fed brisket with a side of mac and cheese and baked beans. The beef was pretty amazing, lightly smoked, just breaking to pieces and served with homemade Dogfishhead ale barbeque sauce. I ate it quickly and didn't waste too much time with the Baked beans which were also smokey and had little chunks of pork in between too. K had mac and cheese and greens, not the best of choices for her. Will be going back. 
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