Day 7 - Saturday, August 1st (last day!)

1:41pm A lady stops by "What is the gay straight Christian alliance all about?" Tony explains. Lady: "Ok, well I just wanted to check." Tony then said, "We believe that God loves all people."
Lady: "That's right."
She continued to talk about how it's no big deal for her. She mentioned that she is a marketing person for a gutter company and asked about the Columbus Pride parade and festival. She explained that her company is thinking about having a booth there.

3:32pm A gentleman stopped by to tell is to continue the good work.

3:34pm Man walked by and put his arms up in the air and said "My people - they're here!" He was very positive.

4:25pm Two kids (about 8 or 9) asked about our booth. When Tony explained that we were straight and gay people who wanted to stop gay people from being hurt one of them said, "Oh, like racism." The other asked if we were all gay and Tony explained that some of us are and some of us aren't. He asked Tony if he and Larry were together and when he said no, one was straight and the other gay the little boy said/asked, "But you're friends?" They said "yes" and he took some literature and then said, "Ok, I'll go try and figure this out."

4:45pm A female college student stopped by to give positive reinforcement and take some information.

4:55pm Two families stopped by and got information and asked questions. The were very approving of what we are doing.

5:00pm Thom Collier (former State Rep for our district) waved as he walked past.

5:15pm A woman involved in HRC who knew Tony stopped by to chat for a while.

6:30pm Two young men walked by the booth and said "Knox County Gay Straight Alliance" disapprovingly. Then one of them shouted, "Silly faggot, dicks are for chicks."

Things slowed down dramatically after this. We had a few people stop by to say hello and take some literature (all friendly and positive). At 7:30pm we decided to pack up, talking down decorations and signs and putting away all the literature. Brett D. helped out, which was nice. He was a big help carrying things to the hill where we loaded them into the car. I hope to see him at some events this year.

Overall I think it was another successful year at the fair. I'll have to do some reflecting and write a final post later. Right now, I'm ready for bed!