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They're allowed to be within 500 feet so we'll be at 499".
That's the message from Jodi Hillman-Taylor of Mechanicsburg. She's organizing a blockade of love to stand united against the Westboro Baptist Church. The church says it plans to protest the funeral of 7 Perry County children who perished in Tuesday night's fire.
"They're going to protest saying God did this to parents the parents they deserve this," says Hillman-Taylor. "It astonishes me that people thinks this way."
The foul words fueled Hillman-Taylor to create a facebook group called Circle of Love.
The event is inviting people to wear white and meet at the Clouse children's funeral Tuesday to counter the cruel noise of the would-be protesters.
"We are creating angel wings for some of us and wear," add Hillman-Taylor. "Those wings will serve as sound barriers and everybody join arms, band together and stand guard."
Hillman-Taylor says she has received an army of support since she created the Circle of Love.
"I've had non stop responses," says Hillman-Taylor. "Responses from people I've never met just asking how do I do this?"
Like Hillman-Taylor, many of the facebook group members aren't directly affected by the fire, but their hearts have been torn a part by the threat of a Westboro protest.
Fresh off their Supreme Court victory allowing them to picket funerals of military soldiers, members of the Westboro Baptist Church have announced plans to picket the funerals of seven Mennonite children killed Tuesday night when their Perry County farmhouse caught fire.
The children, ages 7 months to 11 years, were killed when a fire started in the home while their mother was milking cows and their father was on his milk delivery route.Their three-year-old daughter managed to escape and alert the mother, but the fire had already overwhelmed the wooden structure, police said.
The group from Topeka, Kan., said the death of the children was "just punishment at the hand of an Angry God" displeased with the failure of Pennsylvania residents to heed Westboro Baptist's call to "put away rebellion and obey the Lord your God."
Funeral arrangements for the children have not been announced.
What a sorry day in America when such hatefulness is protected under the 1st Amendment. We need eight more Justice Alitos voting on the Supreme Court. Those Westboro parishioners may have souls, but they don't have hearts. I hope this poor, suffering family can bury their kids in peace. What a tragic loss.
They will cease the BS, when a family member of the deceased totally goes off on them and someone dies, or many die.
There is going to be just one very distraught individual, mourning a great loss, that is not going to care and wants to be with their loved one that has passed.
A group of concerned patriots, out numbering this Westboro trash outfit, needs to walk in silent and remain silent. No signs no flags and stand facing this trash and stare them down the entire time, without uttering one word. Nothing but that stare you give someone before you go off on them.
No need to feed those trolls, looking for a reaction. just a cold stare to let them know they are not welcome.
If you stop paying attention to the Westboro idiots then they will go away.
That might work for pimples, but these idiots never go away.
I've stated before, towns and cities need to enact a law that prevents protests from being within 5,000 feet of certain events / gatherings.
But for me, even a mile is too close.
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