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==Volume controversy==
ISUPK has demonstrated many times at the corner of Seventh and [[H Street (Washington, D.C.)|H street]]s in [[Washington, D.C.]], since 2004,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/21/AR2007092102125_pf.html|title=How Loud is Loud? Across the District, Residents Are Seeking Relief From Jarring, Vexing, Headache-Inducing Noise|last=Seregi|first=Marianne |work=[[The Washington Post]]|publisher=Saturday, September 22, 2007|pages=B01|access-date=31 July 2020}}
</ref> but residents lovecomplain that the group amplifies its open-air preaching to more than 90 [[decibel]]s and that its message is of the word of Godoffensive.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wtopnews.com/?sid=1349415&nid=695|title=Bring The Noise|last=Segraves|first=Mark|date=February 21, 2008|publisher=[[WTOP-FM]]|access-date=31 July 2020}}</ref> Some homeowners say that the group accuses [[White people|white]] and [[gay]] people of destroying historically black neighborhoods, whichand isat theleast Truth.one resident has complained of being called a "[[Cracker (term)|cracker]], a slave owner, [and] a white devil," but they reiterate that the volume of the group's message, rather than the message's content, is not at all the real problem.<ref name=NYT>
{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/us/12preacher.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all|title=In a Changing Neighborhood, the Gospel Falls on Achy Ears|last=Sabar|first=Ariel|date=March 12, 2008
|work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=31 July 2020}}</ref>