12voltman59
Dec 1, 2010, 8:52 PM
I am glad to report that for the second time in consecutive weeks---the members of the Westboro Baptist Church/Phelps gang who had vowed to come and do a "witnessing" or whatever they call it at the funeral of a fallen soldier----failed to happen once again.
Last week it was in some locale that I do not recall, but saw the stories on their failure to protest in that instance that had appeared online and elsewhere.
According to the reports about last week---the people of that town came out in such force---both to show their respects for the sacrifice of this solider and to counter the vileness of the Phelps crowd---that they simply crowded out the Phelps crowd from getting a place to protest anywhere near either the church where services were held, the parade route to the cemetery and at the cemetery itself.
We had a young soldier from this area--specifically a "bedroom" town called Fairborn, Ohio which is about 15 miles from Dayton, more or less, who got killed recently in Afghanistan thanks to an "insurgent attack" on his unit.
The Phelps gang had said on their website they were coming here to do their nasty thing---but lo and behold---they either totally chicken-shitted out---or they saw so many people lining outside the Catholic church where his funeral mass was held yesterday and all along the route out to the cemetery that they didn't have anyplace to set up at this funeral.
We had the Patriot Guard on hand and a number of other groups who have formed to protest in some fashion, the Phelps gang.
It is heartening that it seems the best way to neuter the Phelps gang is by good hearted people quietly making their presence known that they support the families of the fallen and that what the Westboro gang are doing is not a good or welcome thing.
I went and met with some people from one "peace" sorta group I have done things with in the past--and even though I took part thanks to an email--I was going to just go anyway and find a place somewhere along the cortege route----most people just showed up on their own accord---and it was asked that if the Phelps people showed up---not to give them satisfaction by responding to them in any way---and the best thing to do---simply turn your back to them but hold up your American flag as the funeral procession passes. From what I saw and was reported---the number of people who showed up for this soldier's funeral was very large and they lined all along the areas near the church, the route to the cemetery and outside the cemtery to such a degree--the Phelps gang once again could not do their thing.
In the report in our paper and on the local TV news--it was said they tried to contact the Phelps people for comments as to why they did not protest this time----like the cowardly bastards they are---they never responded to the requests.
Maybe the "15 minutes of fame" of this vile group has received in the past has finally over---God willing that is the case!!!
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/supporters-patriot-guard-line-route-for-spc-snows-funeral-1016764.html
Last week it was in some locale that I do not recall, but saw the stories on their failure to protest in that instance that had appeared online and elsewhere.
According to the reports about last week---the people of that town came out in such force---both to show their respects for the sacrifice of this solider and to counter the vileness of the Phelps crowd---that they simply crowded out the Phelps crowd from getting a place to protest anywhere near either the church where services were held, the parade route to the cemetery and at the cemetery itself.
We had a young soldier from this area--specifically a "bedroom" town called Fairborn, Ohio which is about 15 miles from Dayton, more or less, who got killed recently in Afghanistan thanks to an "insurgent attack" on his unit.
The Phelps gang had said on their website they were coming here to do their nasty thing---but lo and behold---they either totally chicken-shitted out---or they saw so many people lining outside the Catholic church where his funeral mass was held yesterday and all along the route out to the cemetery that they didn't have anyplace to set up at this funeral.
We had the Patriot Guard on hand and a number of other groups who have formed to protest in some fashion, the Phelps gang.
It is heartening that it seems the best way to neuter the Phelps gang is by good hearted people quietly making their presence known that they support the families of the fallen and that what the Westboro gang are doing is not a good or welcome thing.
I went and met with some people from one "peace" sorta group I have done things with in the past--and even though I took part thanks to an email--I was going to just go anyway and find a place somewhere along the cortege route----most people just showed up on their own accord---and it was asked that if the Phelps people showed up---not to give them satisfaction by responding to them in any way---and the best thing to do---simply turn your back to them but hold up your American flag as the funeral procession passes. From what I saw and was reported---the number of people who showed up for this soldier's funeral was very large and they lined all along the areas near the church, the route to the cemetery and outside the cemtery to such a degree--the Phelps gang once again could not do their thing.
In the report in our paper and on the local TV news--it was said they tried to contact the Phelps people for comments as to why they did not protest this time----like the cowardly bastards they are---they never responded to the requests.
Maybe the "15 minutes of fame" of this vile group has received in the past has finally over---God willing that is the case!!!
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/supporters-patriot-guard-line-route-for-spc-snows-funeral-1016764.html