The repulsive Westboro Baptist Church plan to disrupt my friend’s son’s funeral in Nashville next week. Marine Sergeant Kevin B. Balduf deserves respect. Join us.

OFF THE WIRE
The reviled and hated Westboro Baptist Church plans to disrupt the funeral of my friend’s son, fallen Marine Sergeant Kevin B. Baldruf this coming Monday, June 13th at Woodmont Hills Church in Nashville, Tennessee and we are going to make sure that their hateful work is disrupted.
I’ve seen these idiots on TV, and watched some of their hatred on youtube, but now it is personal. His mother, Jenny Newsom, is my sister Echo’s friend from high school. I remember her coming over to the house when I was a boy. She attended the 50 States in 50 Days tour show in Nashville last year……..very sweet lady.
She is now grieving. My sister emailed me last month with the news of her son’s tragic death in Afghanistan. I felt like someone had punched in the stomach. As a parent, I immediately thought of my own son………I felt helpless.
Now, we can help her. These despicable individuals plan to disrupt his funeral, and we can help shield his family and mother from these idiots. How?
Dusty Belew, a high school friend of mine has formed a Facebook group called “Say NO to the Westboro Baptist Church in Nashville”, and we will use it to organize and mobilize next Monday. We are linking up with a very well-organized group called the Patriot Guard Riders that ride to support the families of fallen soldiers throughout the US. Their facebook group numbers at around 140,000 people. Our group will augment and support their numbers on the day.
Here is what you can do right now:
1) Sign up for the “Say No to the Westboro Baptist Church in Nashville” Facebook group-we will use it to organize, and to spread the word. At the moment, we are will link up with the Patriot Guard Riders in the parking lot of Woodmont Hills Church at 9:30am, but join the group so we can get info to you quickly if that changes.
2) Share this post on your Facebook wall. Let’s get the word out to Middle Tennessean’s and those in surrounding States, so that we can support this fallen soldier’s family.
**UPDATE** 24 hours later, the Facebook group now has 5500 members, and we are growing literally every second. We also have secured a staging point for our members to meet……The Church of the Redeemer at 920 Caldwell Lane, Nashville, Tennessee, 37204 has graciously given us permission to use their parking lot. We will meet there at 9:15am this coming Monday, June 13th.
**Things to bring–a flag, a bottle of water, a pack lunch. There are spaces for 200 cars. When the space is full, then I would recommend folks park along Caldwell Lane, for convenience and tactical reasons.
Here is a story on what the Patriot Guard Riders do from the NBC Nightly News-Inspiring.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwigMTjup70&feature=player_embedded
The man-woman daughter of the Westboro Cult’s leader, Shirley Phelps, is interviewed on Fox News. Evil incarnate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEGLFJ-Nqq4&feature=player_embedded
I hope my Nashville friends get activated and show up for my friend’s family. Join the Facebook group, and share this post to your wall. Sound off below in the comments section.