The Big Fail Of The Day Award goes to The Westboro Baptist Church who showed up to picket at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY and then left less than an hour later after being confronted with about 1,000 counter-protesting Vassar students who ringed the college's Main Building in a display of solidarity while loudly chanting "Love Conquers All!" Some carried posters supporting LGBT rights and love over hatred. The sound of the counter-protesters was so forceful it could be heard a full half of a mile away where i parked my car.
State and Poughkeepsie city police blocked off both ends of Raymond Ave. to through traffic due to congestion from pedestrians.
Anyone who believes that the students of today have lost the spirit of protest and social responsibility of the sixties should have seen these young people standing up against hatred and intolerance at Vassar today.
Huffington Post:
Vassar College Students Raise Thousands In Response To Westboro Protest Threat
