Westboro Baptist Church Blocked From Missouri Funeral By Mourners [Video]
Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church may have met their match in a town in Missouri. Up until now, the hateful band has claimed free speech and freedom of assembly to protect their “rights” to taunt the families of fallen soldiers with picket signs and slogans. But in Weston, Missouri, citizens of the “Show Me” state showed the Phelps family that “freedom of assembly” is a sword that cuts both ways.
Fox news reports that protective and loving citizens converged upon Weston to erect a human blockade around the funeral of Sgt. First Class C.J. Sadell. In the small town of 2000, well over half the town was reportedly joined by visitors from as far away as Australia to pay their respects and to make it impossible for the Phelps family to get anywhere near the funeral for a fallen soldier. Fox News reported as follows.
“Rebecca Rooney is a Weston resident who wanted to stand up against Fred Phelps and his followers.
“We got everybody here early so we could take up all the parking spots,” Rooney said .”We did that so Mr. Phelps wouldn’t have a contingency that was really close.”
Supporters came armed with patriotic music and American flags.
Protesters didn’t stick around long once they saw the supporters.”
C.J Sadell, 34 left behind a wife and two children when he died from injuries suffered in Afghanistan. The people of Weston Missouri may have found the antidote to the vile hatred of the Phelps family and their Westboro Baptist Church freak show. Perhaps other towns in which the bereaved are being tormented, the same tactic may be used to shield the families of fallen soldiers with a protective cordon of love. The Westboro Baptist Church infuriates people by invoking free speech and freedom of assembly. Now they are finding it used against them. Payback is sweet.
