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(Updated and bumped)

by B.J. Caldwell, qlinks contributor

After seeing the first video posted below of a recent queer protest of Marcus and (US presidential hopeful)Michelle Bachmann's "pray away the gay" clinic in the US, I began to think of some other queer/queer positive acts of protest videos I had seen over the year. I have posted some of them on earlier blog posts, but I wanted to put some of them down in one place. So, enjoy:

In response to a Marcus Bachmann interview where he said that gays were barbarians in need of education and punishment, a group of protesters paid a visit to the clinic. There are a few reasons for the popularity this clinic has received: it's owned by someone running for president, it was recently discovered to have taken federal dollars which may run contrary to existing law, and many believe that Marcus may not be a Kinsey 0.

Last year, the US Supreme Court, in a widely panned 5-4 decision, changed the law to basically allow Corporations to use unlimited business funds to support candidates for election (which they can donate anonymously! Yep, no one knows . A horrible decision that gives corporations HUGE advantages in controlling elections with the sheer amount of money they possess. Target got caught donating to a homophobic bigot. The first video involves a peaceful, fun, in-store protest. The next video is a bit more guerrilla-style and does involve the s-word, so it may be NSFW.

(Caution: swear word ahead)  

Here are a bunch of signs from different rallies. Some are just hilarious shots of the signs themselves, and others involve making fun of anti-gay protesters. Warning: very funny.

                                                         And here is a very peaceful and flowerful (bad joke, I know) protest of a flower shop in New Brunswick that refused service to a same-sex couple:

If you know of any more, link to them in the comments!

UPDATE: Well, it looks like some LGBT folks made another visit to the Marcus/Michelle Bachmann "pray-away-the-gay" clinic.....and did a little flash mob/dance number in the parking lot. letting Marcus and Michelle know that they were "Born this way".: