The Washington Post says being gay is a "lifestyle": But the real news of this post is the counter-protest put together by students at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland, in response to the arrival of seven hags from the Westboro Baptist Church on Friday:"The police presence -- 40 officers, five horses, blocked-off streetsand a football field's length of yellow tape -- seemed comicallydisproportionate until the counter-protest arrived. At the 2:10 p.m. dismissal, 500 students issued forth from thecampus and lined up, several students deep, along the police tape,across Whittier Boulevard from the congregants. They alternatelychanted the school name and "Go home!" -- drowning out voices fromacross the street."The WBC was there to protest Walt Whitman's sexual orientation, if you can believe it.Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...