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The notoriously anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church plans to picket Saturdays funeral for Charlie and Braden Powell. And Occupy Seattle plans a counterprotest.
According to the News Tribune of Tacoma, Margie Phelps, daughter of the Topeka, Kan.-based churchs founder, tweeted Wednesday night that the church will attend the boys memorial service to remind Gov. Christine Gregoire they died because of her rebellion, a reference to her support of same-sex marriage.
Occupy Seattle responded by calling for a counterprotest. The groups Facebook page said its members dont intend to disrupt the funeral, but want to protect it from Westboros abhorrent message, according to the News Tribune.
http://today.seattletimes.com/2012/02/anti-gay-church-to-protest-at-powell-brothers-funeral/
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(67,112 posts)think
(11,641 posts)zbdent
(35,392 posts)if they picketed a funeral (military person's)?
Maybe we could get them to provide "security" for this funeral ...