While religious protesters outside Shafer
Court Dining Center are a frequent part of VCU’s
landscape, the scene was more chaotic than usual
Monday when several groups of counter-protesters
brought visual aids to make their case, including
a large gold phallus.
The counter-protestors arrived soon after an
unidentified man with a sign that read, “Do you
love your sin enough to burn in hell forever?”
began speaking to passersby. The back and forth
lasted several hours.
As the afternoon wore on, batches of interpretive
dancers, musicians and students waving signs and
rainbow flags joined the phallus.
Theater-performance major Karen Cordoba said
the protestor’s tactics were working against him.
“As a Christian, I think people who come and
preach fire and brimstone are bringing down the
entire idea of love in Christianity,” she said. “It’s
frustrating that they don’t understand that they are
going against the entire idea behind trying to help
people understand Christianity.”