Angels to protect Tucson mourners from Westboro Baptists

In certain corners of the United States of America, individuals still recognize how to take a stand against hatred motivated by ignorance. A collection of good folks in Tucson, Ariz., in which the nightmarish Safeway shooting happened Saturday, will join together to shield mourners from the hateful reach of Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church. Mourners could be guarded by angels’ wings. Regardless how large of a payday loan the Westboro Baptist Church takes out, they won't be able to buy their way into the funeral. Source for this article – Tucson angels to shield mourners from Westboro Baptists by MoneyBlogNewz.
Tucson is planning ‘angel action’ against hate
"Angel action" is the action that Tucson is taking against the Westboro Baptist Church that is going to picket all the Jared Loughner victims' funerals. CNN spoke with Christine Gilmer who said the city is a "caring, living, peaceful community" which makes sense. A Colorado resident Romaine Patterson came up with the idea of angel action. This was after a protest that the Westboro Baptist Church did at the funeral in 1999 of a gay man that was beaten to death in Wyoming named Matthew Shepherd.
Angel action in the works
Select volunteers will wear 8- by 10-foot angel wings during the funeral in order to physically shield mourners from Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church’s hate messages. This provides "a peaceful haven" for anyone with love in their hearts, CNN reports. This is what Gilmer said as the angel action organizer.
Seeing help from others
Tucson's angel action is getting a lot of support from political representatives. Facebook pages entitled "Build Angel Wings for the Westboro Funeral Counter-Protest and Meeting" and "Show Support for the Families of the Tucson Shooting Victims" have attracted thousands of fans. Some have even donated money and material to help construct the wings. Gilmer explains where the donations will go. They will help pay for the victims' funerals of the Tucson funeral.
Still seeing no counter protest
Chelsea Cohen, a 20-year-old senior at Tucson’s University of Arizona who started the "Show Support" Facebook page, told CNN that the activities of the support groups are not specifically intended to be a counter-protest. The Westboro Baptist Church is doing it for attention. She said that is not the reason why she is doing it. The funeral is not something they want to disrupt.
”We wanted it to show support for the families and to show that Tucson is there with love and support,” Cohen explained.
Citations
CNN
edition.cnn.com/2011/US/01/11/arizona.funeral.westboro/?hpt=C2
Drop the politics and think of the children, Westboro
youtube.com/watch?v=vzCedbzyOls