Church leaders oppose Insane Clown Posse 'Gathering'

[NNN0LHI]

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CAVE-IN-ROCK, Ill. (AP) -- Local church leaders say there's nothing funny about plans for a four-day concert featuring the rap.m.etal group Insane Clown Posse.

The Shawnee Ministerial Alliance is trying to organize opposition to "The Gathering," which will be held Aug. 9-12 at a privately owned site near Cave-In-Rock, a southern Illinois town on the Ohio River.

Alliance Vice President Greg Degrave, pastor of Levee Pond Church in Cave-In-Rock, said he is concerned that there might not be enough police officers available to keep rowdy fans under control.

Degrave's not worried about the band, he said, because they are"just out there to make money." It's the group's fans "who get out and terrorize the community."

The alliance is scheduled to meet with a representative from U.S. Rep. John Shimkus' office on Tuesday, but a spokesman for the congressman wasn't very optimistic about their chances.

[shadowknows69]

1. Sorry, bringing commerce to an area trumps God apparently

[Forkboy]

2. For once I agree...ICP sucks major amounts of ass.

They should be stopped once and for all. :)

[Ikonoklast]

3. And their fans are violent misogynists

I wouldn't want any of them near my town, either.



And ICP defines the meaning of the term 'lame', or 'poseur'.

You pick.