Danica Roem made history last year as Virgina's (and the nation's) first out trans person to be elected and serve in a state legislature. She also happens to be a metalhead performing vocals with the band Cab Ride Home and good friends with Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe.
One group that is seemingly unhappy about Danica's new position is the troll religious organization, the Westboro Baptist Church. The church is planning on sending their goons to protest Danica in Virginia and one local townsperson is not going to stand for it, and that townsperson is Lamb of God frontman, and all-around mensch, Randy Blythe.
Blythe has posted a call to action asking all freaks, weirdos, misfits and regular people of good conscious to join him this Monday, March 11th at 9am at the Virginia State Capitol in a counter-protest. Randy will be handing out kazoos to drown out Westboro and is offering $100 in cash to the best costume. We are saying it's a counter-protest, but Blythe is making his intentions clear – this is a counter-PARTY! Here is his full statement:
ATTENTION! PEOPLE OF RICHMOND! CALLING ALL FREAKS, WEIRDOS, MISFITS, & REGULAR PEOPLE OF GOOD CONSCIOUS!
This coming Monday, March 11, 2019, the buffoons of the #WESTBOROBAPTISTCHURCH (AKA the “God Hates Fags” losers) are coming to our fair city of Richmond, VA. They will be at our state Capitol at 9 am, then over by VCU at 9:45, spreading their bizarre brand of hate mongering.
Why? They are protesting my friend, a fairly elected member of the Virginia House of Delegates, Danica Roem- Danica is an award-winning journalist, a heavy metal musician & all-around #RIPPER (who happens to be a trans-woman.) These “Christians” are always picketing military funerals, Kansas City Chiefs football games, the funerals of people killed by natural disasters– their insane activities are too many to list.
They even picketed at the funerals of #FredRogers & tried to find the funereal of #LeonardNimoy (but they failed- ha!) – WHO PROTESTS THE FUNERALS OF THOSE TWO GREATEST OF AMERICAN MISTERS, MISTER ROGERS & MISTER SPOCK?!?!? THEY EVEN PICKETED DIO’S FUNEREAL- oh, HELL NO.
And these people are coming to MY TOWN?!?? They have left me no choice – in the name of all that is GOOD & JUST in this world, in the name of PUNK ROCK & HEAVY METAL, in the name of #MISTERROGERS & #MISTERSPOCK, IN THE NAME OF MY BELOVED FRIEND #DAVEBROCKIE (R.I.P.)… I COMMAND YOU TO JOIN ME FOR A COUNTER-PARTY!!!
NOT a counter-PROTEST, because that would entail arguing with these idiots (which is USELESS), but a COUNTER-PARTY. I WILL BE BRINGING 100 KAZOOS- WE WILL HAVE A #KAZOO #CHAMPAGNEJAM. WE WILL PLAY THE “BENNY HILL” & “SANFORD & SONS” THEME SONGS. WE WILL DROWN THEM OUT WITH CHEAP BUZZING PLASTIC NOISE MAKERS. I will also be bringing a BRAND NEW 100 DOLLAR BILL as a CASH PRIZE for BEST COSTUME worn to the #COUNTERPARTY. A hundred kazoos AND a hundred dollar prize?!?? IT’S ALMOST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. So Monday, MARCH 11, 2019, 9 AM, VIRGINIA STATE CAPITOL- PUT ON YOUR CORPSEPAINT, YOUR RAINBOW WIG, YOUR INFLATABLE SUMO WRESTLER COSTUME. FLY YOUR FREAK FLAG HIGH! LET’S PARTY!!!!!
This sounds like the absolute best way to spend a Monday morning. If I was anywhere near Richmond, I would be there with bells on. If you can make it, send us some video, and kudos to Randy for setting this up.
The Westboro Baptist Church has been making headlines trolling for years, but lately, metal and punk bands have been hitting back. A punk band shot a porn on the front lawn of the church, while metal band Panzerfaust made sure to take a piss break on their lawn while on tour. Westboro tried to picket Warped Tour but it got crashed by punk bands. The most epic of Westboro pranks was performed by Foo Fighters of course.
