Mother mourns soldier she says never lost smile (also Fred Phelps issue)

[lastliberalintexas]

http://beaumontenterprise.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17379120&BRD=2287&PAG=461&dept_id=512588&rfi=6

"Daniel Winegeart's mother will think of her son's smile today during his funeral in Kountze's First Baptist Church.

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Support of the family might not be the intent of everyone in Hardin County today, however. Members of Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., plan to protest at the funeral at 10:15 a.m., according to the church's Web site.

If the group is there, Kountze Police Chief Andrew Trahan said its members cannot protest lawfully. According to a city ordinance, a peaceful protest cannot occur without applying for a permit at least two days before the planned protest date. By Wednesday afternoon, Westboro Baptist Church had not applied for a permit, Trahan said.

The group, which demonstrated at Army Staff Sgt. Edward Reynolds' funeral in Beaumont on Oct. 7, asserts that God kills soldiers because of U.S. support of homosexuality."



I hated to give short shrift to the comments about Sgt Wingeart, but I think it will be intersting to see how Phelps and his bunch are treated if they show up and try to protest again. They weren't exactly warmly received earlier this month in Beaumont, and I'd love to see the Hardin County Sheriff's Dept actually arrest them for violating the city ordinance. Bastards.



(and sorry if not LBN)

[DinahMoeHum]

1. Fear not: the "Patriot Guard Riders" will be there. . ."Mission Confirmed"

http://www.patriotguard.org/Forums/tabid/61/postid/272019/view/topic/Default.aspx

:patriot:

[saigon68]

2. Oh goody will Ernie Rohm be leading them?

[DinahMoeHum]

3. The PGR, by its bylaws, does not take a political party stand. . .

nor is it a protest group.


Mission Statement at the link:
www.patriotguard.org

(snip)
We don’t care what you ride or if you ride, what your political views are, or whether you’re a hawk or a dove. It is not a requirement that you be a veteran. It doesn't matter where you’re from or what your income is; you don’t even have to ride. The only prerequisite is Respect.
(snip)

:smoke:

[saigon68]

4. He is no one to fool with I've heard he can stop disrupters in their tracks

Thanks for the info

[Rambis]

5. somebody is going to lose it on him

and there will be another funeral to plan. He is so anti gay he must have the same skeleton that Dobson has in his closet.