Long Beach’s Wilson High School organizes a counter-protest of Westboro Baptist Church.

Yes, Westboro is not really even worth taking seriously and, yes, organizing counter-protests gives them more publicity. But the fact that students - you know, those younguns we complain never do anything but sext and watch Twilight and whatnot - organized, on their own initiative, three thousand strong to stand up to Westboro’s message, and, over the course of the day, chased them out … well, I think that’s kind of awesome.

More evidence that the upcoming generation has already determined the course of the gay civil rights battle, and that winning is just a matter of time.