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The Westboro Baptist Church may have met its match in Lisa Lampanelli, longtime supporter of gay rights and Comedy's "lovable Queen of Mean."

Lampanelli recently told TMZ she would donate $1,000 to the Gay Men's Health Crisis organization for every Westboro Baptist Church member that showed up to protest her show in Topeka, Kansas. Well, now the nation's oldest HIV/AIDS prevention and service organization will be getting a hefty $50,000 check from Lampanelli -- in the church's name.

Nearly 50 people showed up to protest the show, some of whom you can see in the video below as Lampanelli greets them with a few zingers. After the show, Lampanelli tweeted that the GMHC would be getting $44,000, but after another count showed 48 protesters instead of 44, she updated again via Twitter: "I won't quibble. I'll make it an even $50,000!!!"

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:

All hail the glory of third-option-thinking.
Phelps must be tearing what little hair he's still got out in frustration about this, or will be, if the notion catches on in a wider scale, cause that'll render them worse than impotent, AND probably cause schisms among them, all without directly attacking them and giving those damn whiners a single whit of justification for their malice.

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Originally posted by Bytemite:
Ooh, donation plates for the VA whenever they show up at funerals?

Yes, I think me likey this tactic.

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Originally posted by TheHappyTrader:
That is a great idea! Fighting hatred with compassion and generosity, why... that almost sounds Christian. Hey Phelps, you taking notes?

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