Members of the Westboro Baptist Church—best known for picketing the funerals of American servicemen killed overseas—showed up at Comic-Con to protest the event because they wanted to send a message that we've all "turned comic book characters into idols." But Comic-Con rallied to send its OWN message.
Church members had intended to hold their protest for an hour, but in the face of 150 to 200 counter-protesting, costumed fans carrying signs that read everything from "Odin is God" to "God loves Gay Robin," they gave up early. By the time I arrived, the handful of Comic-Con haters were already packing up and walking away with the police presence that outnumbered them, which you can see at the 24-second mark.
( Excerpted from my story over at http://blastr.com/2010/07/comic-con-p... )
