Dude. That made me so sad.
I'm a Christian. I probably share some beliefs with those guys.
But what is up with standing on library walk yelling at people?
Actually, in church yesterday, we talked exactly about people who do this... and how we don't want to be like that.
How many people do you know that were converted by having someone yell at them or show them pictures?

I'm all about trying to sit down and have thoughtful debate with someone. Christians preach love, right? Our message is all about love... Jesus was loving, God is love. Right after the verse that most people recognize, "For God so loved the world...." comes another, saying "For God did not send his son into the world to CONDEMN the world." This isn't to say that Christians don't believe in judgement and punishment for sins for people that don't believe in God. But I DEFINITELY don't agree with Christians standing around trying to condemn other people and guilt them into following a bunch of laws!
Christianity isn't about laws. If that is what your religion is, you're wrong. Christianity is about loving God, and loving others. Jesus said those were the two most important commandments.... not "ye shall stand around yelling and trying to convince other people that I"m angry with them."

Sad. I apologize for the way some of my fellow brothers and sisters twist things.

I almost have the nerve to go out there and laugh at them all for taking life so seriously. Anyone willing to join me in openly mocking them is welcome.

I'm confused about their signs...the main words I saw spread across were "homosexuality is sin", yet they have pictures of dead foetuses? Are homosexuals secretly able to have children but just abort their horrible secret into the trash? If so, science has just missed out on a great discovery by fundies.

You don't need to apologize for other people's idiocy, let them take care of their own flak. They've earned it. Your points are spot on, especially the bit about condemnation as opposed to, I don't know, convincing? Maybe I'm wrong, but I sort of think that the latter would be more effective.

I'm always torn between freedom of speech and tolerance. I must say though, my first instinct was to tell these people to "Get the fuck of my campus!" Honestly, I don't think that would be that bad, because I by saying that, I'm simply expressing my freedom of speech. So, I've come to the conclusion that while I wouldn't support any legislation to get these crazy people kicked off campus, I would support people telling them to "Go fuck themselves."

Shoot. I need to rephrase something I said.
"Sad. I apologize for the way some of my fellow brothers and sisters twist things."

I should have said.... I regret and apologize for the way that my fellow brothers and sisters and I twist things. I might not be out there screaming at people... but I don't live up to everything I believe either. I'm not a great representative of God either... actually, no Christian is, some just like to pretend they are :-)

So I'm not so much apologizing on other people's behalf, but expressing sorrow that the "guy on the corner with a bullhorn condemning people" image is what some people think of when they think of my faith.

I don't condone the opinions of those christians, but they have every right to be out there, saying whatever they want. What annoyed me more were the group of students standing in front of the sign, posing for a picture. What a great way to pat yourself on the back on how tolerant of a person you are.

It seems that for the anti-hate group it was a huge success. Later they vastly outnumbered the anti-homosexuals. Some from the anti-hate group would confront certain individuals (especially the guy with the "Love God" hat) and have some very heated discussions. I wonder if these people got the message that we don't tolerate this nonsense; and by not tolerating it, I mean confronting them and letting them express their right to speech. I was all for them posing for the picture because it showed that we don't take them seriously. It was very powerful to see other Christians extremely opposed to this. I wonder what they thought when they packed up their things, frustrated as hell, and went off home.

I posted some pictures on my blog (http://crbennett.com/index.php?entry=entry050503-051320)

Shoutouts to everyone who stood against these guys.

I thought Jesus said "let the one without sin cast the first stone."? If these chumps are holding a sign that says "homosexuality is a sin"
they should also hold one up that says "the fact that I mastubated 3 times before this event is a sin." Hah...i would have handed a sign like that to them.