Posted on 10/10/2005 8:30:02 PM PDT by epaul
"this "gang" (made up of Vietnam vets) of Patriots"
Heros' Angels.
It's been a while back so I can't pull up the thread but these idiots showed up to do their hateful protest. They were confronted by quite a number of people on horseback and they had the pleasure of conducting their protest while facing the back end of quite a few horses.
About 70 members of the leather-clad American Legion Riders from Kansas and Oklahoma revved their motorcycles for about 30 minutes, drowning out anything the church members [from Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist church] tried to say.Cregg Hansen, a Vietnam-era veteran who helped lead the counter protest, said Doles' family had wanted to hear the engines' roar.
The riders said they plan to do the same if the group attempts to disrupt other soldiers' funerals within riding distance.
"It ain't right to protest a sacred thing like this," said Ron Scrivner, a rider whose father is a veteran. "He (Doles) died for his country. They ought to show him the respect he deserves."
About 40 law officers were on hand during the protest, which ended peacefully when the church group left. The motorcyclists clutched flags and joined local residents in solemn tribute as the funeral procession passed through town.
No one mentioned the disruption during Doles' service.
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