Freepers; Baptist Church loonies square off

[BlueStater]

Memorial Day demonstrators face off

By LARRY MARGASAK, Associated Press Writer
Mon May 29, 12:31 PM ET

ARLINGTON, Va. - As throngs came to the hallowed grounds of Arlington National Cemetery to honor the fallen on Memorial Day, a handful of protesters from an anti-gay group stood across a four-lane highway from a conservative group supporting the troops.

The two groups, separated by a line of police cars, were faced off about 300 feet from the entrance to the cemetery. They held signs making competing arguments. But because of noise from approaching motorcycles and cars, they could not hear one another.

A small group of members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., who have been demonstrating around the country at military funerals, sang "God hates America" to the tune of "God Bless America" and held signs that read "God is America's terror", "Thank God for dead soldiers", "You're going to hell", and "Bush killed them."

Across the street, a handful of people from the conservative group known as FreeRepublic.com held a large sign saying, "God bless our troops, defenders of freedom, American heroes." Other signs said, "God does love our defenders of freedom" and "This Memorial Day, thank a soldier for your freedom."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060529/ap_on_re_us/memorial_day_protests_3

[OKNancy]

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[BlueStater]

2. In that case, move this to General Discussion please

I'm kind of attached to my headline.

[kevinmc]

3. Right-Wing MoonBat Groups square off n/t