The Westboro Baptist Church's protest of last night's Rockets-Thunder game—in response to Jason Collins's coming-out, naturally—was sad and trivial, as the WBC's protests always are. Six picketers showed up. Many more were there to greet them.


Via Getty, a pair of photos of the counter-protests outside the Chesapeake Energy Arena. It is about time the world had a religious apologia that invoked Kevin Durant:


Update: I particularly like this one too, via BallerBall's Jason Gallagher:

Update: A few more, from a big collection over at The Lost Ogle: