Sadly, the anti-gay protest outside the New Union, going on as I type this, is probably the most action this campus has seen all semester. I don’t know if I’d exactly call it a “protest,” however. It seems to just be this creepy evangelist guy, up on a podium, Bible in hand, and a giant sign that reads “Thousands of ex-homosexuals have experienced the life-changing love of Jesus Christ.” Oh, and he also brought along his daughter, who he claims, “God made her intelligent because he wasn’t a homosexual.” A handful of students from a Bible club on campus accompanied the daughter around a sign that quoted John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

It’s madness out there; and rightfully so. Did these guys really think they could get away with this, right in the middle of campus, no less? Gay rights activists whipped out the gay pride flag, and students expressed their outrage by challenging this ridiculous man. “If you can be an ex-homosexual,” one student asked bitterly, “Can you be an ex-heterosexual?”

Two cops stood off to the side, prepared to use their tazors like last years anti-war protest, perhaps? Though things were getting heated, I’m surprised it has yet to get violent.

One openly gay student wanted to comment for OTR. “On the record,” she said with glorious confidence, “this guy’s a f***ing a**hole.”