In an odd spectacle of bagpipe serenading and pro-Proposition 8 pamphleting this past Monday, a group of very stern-looking, red cap-sporting male members of The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property invaded the Berkeley campus to tell us all why we should stop being gay.

Apparently, this Pennsylvania-based organization is on a 30-day whirlwind tour through California, handing out pamphlets explaining the “10 Reasons Why Homosexual ‘Marriage’ is Harmful and Must be Opposed.” We found that their ten reasons could actually be summed up into four words: “because God said so.”

In true Berkeley fashion, their protest lasted about a good half hour before being invaded by a counter-protest of a more animated group of anti-Prop 8 protesters, their rainbow flag in stark contrast to the medieval-looking “Tradition, Family, Property” crest of the opposing group. Oh Berkeley, the only place we know where you’re relieved to see protesters to distract you from…other protesters.

We still don’t get the bagpipes though, except that their choice of instrument is as archaic as their message.

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