At least Huffington Post and Rachel Maddow say I am.
Last week one of my band mates forwarded me an email from his daughter with a link to a Huff Post story:
10 Amazing Westboro Baptist Church Counter Protests That Used Love To Overcome Hate.
With the passing of Wesboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps, reactions are pouring in and range from the vicious to the celebratory to the forgiving. For many, Phelps' passing conjures the pain inflicted by the WBC over the years as it put forth a doctrine of homophobia and condemnation.
Not missing the chance to fight hatred with love, many inspiring advocates of equality have come out over the years to counter-protest the WBC. These peaceful demonstrations show the power of love, compassion and gentle humor to combat the WBC's message of intolerance.
God Responds
At a 2010 WBC counter protest in Portland, Oregon, one man showed up dressed as God, himself. "No I don't," his simple sign responded to the WBC's notorious "God hates _" signs.
Reading through the comments, the photographer of the image posted a comment that it would have been nice to attribute the photo to her. Using my mad google skilz I looked her up. She is
Anicee Cochran and the pic is from her Flicker account.
Found her on Facebooger and messaged her and she sent me a screen grab from none other than the Rachel Maddow Show.
Again using the Google machine, I found the episode, Pseudo-religious hate-cult leader fails, dies Rachel Maddow points out that the Westboro Baptist Church, whose leader died this week, has been so obnoxious and objectionable with their notorious anti-gay protests that they ultimately helped the cause of gay rights by offending mainstream Americans.
About 7 minutes in she shows my pic.
So using the two source rule of journalism, I can only conclude that I am God.