I'm not entirely sure I believe the fistfights were as bad as the article says, based on the picture above. But, if they were, could you imagine this same picture, only with these guys sporting bruises, cuts, and black eyes, and their robes now torn and bloody?
It might be therapeutic actually to see, say, William Donohue and Barry Lynn or Jerry Falwell and Ted Turner duke it out in a ring. Governor Ventura has already carved out his own role for Christian bashing. Might not be that far of a stretch for him.
It's too bad Stephen Jay Gould wussed out and died because personally, as far as such campy kitsch circuses go, I would have liked to have seen him do a little WWF Fu with the "Church Lady" (of SNL fame).