I have mixed feelings about this protest. Not because I have any particular misgivings about the sanctity of the local elite's church service, but rather the risk involved in how this may or may not be played out in the publics perception.
There is obviously the "holy fuck no they didn't!" reaction which must certainly be ringing in the ears of many people who are rendered deaf to the message presented to them. Yet on the other hand, as our dear capitalist friends have learned, there really is no such thing as bad publicity. Especially in regards to this war where each fresh corpse flown home is that much less newsworthy.
I'm no leftist scholar like some of you (losers!) but I would venture to say that this strikes me as a Saul Alinsky flavored action. That is to say that while having a coherent message is crucial, it's meaningless without a creative means to hold peoples attention.
That being said, I have neither condemnation nor applause for this action. Only time will tell (and probably vaguely at best) whether this act was more harm than good. When all else is considered, the fact remains that these people had the nerve to choose this gambit while none of us have done anything to elicit such scrupulous analysis.