Westboro hate group met by thousands of protectors at Marine's funeral

Westboro Baptist protest at Marine's funeral met by thousands of protectors
Church group draws counter-protest
5:46 AM, Jun. 14, 2011
Written by
Erin Quinn
The Tennessean

Bikers revved their engines. Thousands of protesters waved American flags.

On one side of the street, the signs read: “Nashville: No place for hate” and “God loves Sgt. Kevin Balduf.”

On the other side, they read: “Thank God for dead soldiers” and “God is your enemy.”

But beyond all that, inside the protective walls of a quiet church, lay a young man in Marine dress blues.

On May 12, Nashville native and Marine Sgt. Kevin Balduf, 27, was killed in combat in Afghanistan. Much closer to his home, Christian fundamentalists in Topeka, Kansas, planned their trip to protest his funeral.
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Raw footage from the protest and counterprotest: Protestors and counter-protesters stand near the funeral of Marine Sgt. Kevin Balduf.