Campaigning and Activism
It was formerly the case that the group would link the late Christine Maggiore's denialist group Alive & Well AIDS Alternatives their web site, at one member's request. As of February 2012, the band's website no longer contains a link to the group.
In September 2011, before a show in Kansas City, the band performed a counter-protest parody song in front of a protest by the Westboro Baptist Church. The song mocked the church's opposition to homosexuality, and was performed in the same faux-trucker garb that was seen in the band's "Hot Buns" promotional video.
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