I love the nonsense signs! (Rhubarb is a rhizome, though, and its stalks are "petioles," according to Wikipedia. Awfully vegetonormative sign that person had ;)

And good for you for offering free gay hugs and telling that protester that Jesus does love you. I admit I know virtually nothing about the New Testament, but wasn't this Jesus guy all about treating others the way you would like to be treated? You'd think that more of his followers might have figured that out by now.