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===Parodies===

~~Nicklas er i merica'~~ A slogan commonly invoked at the counter protests is "God hates figs". Parodying the WBC all-capitals "God hates fags" signs, the counter-protest signs often invoke a passage in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible Biblical] book of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew Matthew] to justify the claim about God and his feelings about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_fig figs]. The signs have been noted at counter-protests at the University of Chicago; in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartanburg,_South_Carolina Spartanburg, South Carolina]; and in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as well as at the non-WBC-themed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rally_to_Restore_Sanity Rally to Restore Sanity]. The use of the signs has been invoked as a sign of sanity by the ACLU<span style="font-size:11px;line-height:0px;"> </span>and others.

A slogan commonly invoked at the counter protests is "God hates figs". Parodying the WBC all-capitals "God hates fags" signs, the counter-protest signs often invoke a passage in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible Biblical] book of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew Matthew] to justify the claim about God and his feelings about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_fig figs]. The signs have been noted at counter-protests at the University of Chicago; in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartanburg,_South_Carolina Spartanburg, South Carolina]; and in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as well as at the non-WBC-themed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rally_to_Restore_Sanity Rally to Restore Sanity]. The use of the signs has been invoked as a sign of sanity by the ACLU<span style="font-size:11px;line-height:0px;"> </span>and others.

Documentation given out at various counter-protests cite biblical verses in which Jesus says that none should eat the fruit of a fig tree ([http://bibref.hebtools.com/?book=%20Mark&verse=11:12%E2%80%9314&src=NIV Mark 11:12–14]), in which [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursing_the_fig_tree Jesus causes a fig tree to wither] ([http://bibref.hebtools.com/?book=%20Matthew&verse=21:18%E2%80%9320&src=NIV Matthew 21:18–20]), and in which God promises, as a punishment, to make someone like bad figs ([http://bibref.hebtools.com/?book=%20Jeremiah&verse=29:17&src=NIV Jeremiah 29:17]). These are genuine citations, but are not the sole mentions of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figs_in_the_Bible figs in the Bible].

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 ===Parodies===
-Nicklas er i merica' A slogan commonly invoked at the counter protests is "God hates figs". Parodying the WBC all-capitals "God hates fags" signs, the counter-protest signs often invoke a passage in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible Biblical] book of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew Matthew] to justify the claim about God and his feelings about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_fig figs]. The signs have been noted at counter-protests at the University of Chicago; in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartanburg,_South_Carolina Spartanburg, South Carolina]; and in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as well as at the non-WBC-themed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rally_to_Restore_Sanity Rally to Restore Sanity]. The use of the signs has been invoked as a sign of sanity by the ACLU<span style="font-size:11px;line-height:0px;"> </span>and others.
+A slogan commonly invoked at the counter protests is "God hates figs". Parodying the WBC all-capitals "God hates fags" signs, the counter-protest signs often invoke a passage in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible Biblical] book of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew Matthew] to justify the claim about God and his feelings about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_fig figs]. The signs have been noted at counter-protests at the University of Chicago; in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartanburg,_South_Carolina Spartanburg, South Carolina]; and in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as well as at the non-WBC-themed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rally_to_Restore_Sanity Rally to Restore Sanity]. The use of the signs has been invoked as a sign of sanity by the ACLU<span style="font-size:11px;line-height:0px;"> </span>and others.
 Documentation given out at various counter-protests cite biblical verses in which Jesus says that none should eat the fruit of a fig tree ([http://bibref.hebtools.com/?book=%20Mark&verse=11:12%E2%80%9314&src=NIV Mark 11:12–14]), in which [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursing_the_fig_tree Jesus causes a fig tree to wither] ([http://bibref.hebtools.com/?book=%20Matthew&verse=21:18%E2%80%9320&src=NIV Matthew 21:18–20]), and in which God promises, as a punishment, to make someone like bad figs ([http://bibref.hebtools.com/?book=%20Jeremiah&verse=29:17&src=NIV Jeremiah 29:17]). These are genuine citations, but are not the sole mentions of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figs_in_the_Bible figs in the Bible].