Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Veterans Shield Family From Westboro Protestors

After the Supreme Court's decision to allow Westboro Baptist Church members to protest at military funerals, a group called "The Patriot Guard Riders" has started forming a human barricade to shield mourning families from the protestors.

At military funerals, Westboro Baptist Church members hold up signs that read things like, "Thank God for 9/11" and "Pray for More Dead Soldiers."  At the funeral of Cpl. Richard Bennett, a 25 year old fallen soldier, a protestor was quoted saying, "They should have left his carcass right on the ground."

At the funeral, the Patriot Guard formed a human barricade with their bodies, bikes and American flags so mourning family members and friends would not have to see the protestors.  The sound of their bikes and the patriotic music they play drown out the Westboro members outrageous and hurtful chants.

While there has been a lot of media coverage of the Westboro Baptist Church protests and their cruel signs, the only mainstream news source I found this story on was FOX Nation.  Why haven't there been more stories about the Patriot Guard and other honorable attempts at counteracting these crazy protestors?

2 comments:

  1. I hadn't heard about this, either. I am surprised there's been so little coverage of it.

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  2. Reading about this I just searched the web hoping to find more about this at least at a couple big newspapers and all i found was this local 'letter to the editor'
    http://www.lenconnect.com/opinions/x1344947332/Letters-to-the-Editor-Tuesday-March-8-2011

    In this particular situation I understand the controversy of the First Amendment- and am appalled that when people are mourning the loss of someone they just lost protesting is just allowed to happen.
    This really is crazy that it wasn't publicized more.

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