OregonLive.com – by Kimberly A.C. Wilson, The Oregonian
Silverton – By the numbers, the counterprotesters outside City Hall greatly overwhelmed the protesters who inspired them: three young women and a man from a Kansas church, here to register their displeasure about the recent election of openly transgender Mayor-elect, Stu Rasmussen.
The quartet stood on one side of Water Street, dressed against the chilly weather, hoisting laminated signs addressing a multitude of sins — Barack Obama is the Antichrist!, God Hates You!, You’re going to hell!