-on wings of Polish haters

Joe.My.God has an interesting account of the EuroPride Parade, which was held in Warsaw this weekend and passed- mostly- without incident.


But one incident is telling:

Police arrested eight men for pelting the crowd with rocks and eggs. Unfortunately, among those attacked were my longtime friends Jerry and Martin, the latter of whom took a rock to the head. Jerry reports that Bibles were also thrown at them. 

Remember Phyllis Burgess, the 69-year old with a history of wading into rallies for causes she opposes, and who became the poster granny of the antigay right during the 2008 Prop 8 campaign?


It'll be interesting to see if any of the blogdom's Bible-thumpers will call out the Bible-hurlers among them.


Bible-hurling, by the bye, is quite uncommon in Google. The only reference I can find (without wasting more time than I care to waste) is both memorable in a tasteless manner, but also rather more peaceable:




Stryper-Soldiers Under Command
There were alot of barriers that were broken in Christian Music back in the 80s, like there was Amy Grant who did Pop music and Steve Taylor who did New Wave (which was popular back then), there was even a Christian Heavy Metal band called Stryper (abbreviated for Salvation Through Redemption Yielding Peace Encouragement and Righteousness), this is their debut album "Soldiers Under Command", this was from back when they had big hair, yellow and black spandex outfits, and at every concert Michael Sweet would throw bibles for the audience to catch, the best track on this album is "Makes me Wanna Sing."