Rick Reilly: Mizzou students display true spirit supporting Michael Sam

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These are the snakes who picket the funerals of U.S. soldiers, holding up their "God Hates Fags" signs as a sick protest against gays in the military. They're the scum who post things like, "Thank God for 10 more troop deaths. We're praying for 10,000 more." They're the soulless who threatened to picket the Sandy Hook funerals.

Westboro announced it was coming to Columbia to picket Michael Sam, the Tigers' star defensive end who recently told the world he was gay. He was scheduled to pick up Mizzou's Cotton Bowl trophy at halftime of Saturday's Missouri basketball game against Tennessee, along with his teammates.

"GOD H8S FAG FOOTBALL PLAYERS & THEIR ENABLERS," the Westboro yelled, in caps on its website, in announcing their plans to picket.

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Their idea: Make a human wall to block out Westboro, a huge line of solidarity between their classmate and the Westboro stench.

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