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Cool Thing We Want #281: “God Hates Bags” Shopper At Gastown’s Nelson The Seagull

You know those frightfully backwards asshats of the Westboro Baptist Church? They’re the spotlight-loving geniuses from Topeka, Kansas who picket military funerals and such with hate-filled signs that read, among other rancid things, “God Hates Fags”. Well, they’ve had that line usurped and improved to read “God Hates Bags” by the good people at Revel & Riot, the resource center, news site, and LGBTQ merchandise store that was born in Vancouver (now in Montreal).

Where to find one in Vancouver? Nelson The Seagull | 315 Carrall St. | Gastown

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