Arooroomom Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Saw this posted on facebook. It's a religious website, but the message isn't religious. Grieving families should be able to grieve in peace. Not have "I'm glad your soldier died" posters being waved in their face. http://www.godvine.com/Christian-Veterans-Protect-the-Funeral-of-a-Fallen-Soldier-278.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AttilaVikingsDemon Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Yeah, I was in the Marines for 6 years, and if I saw them, even though its their right which I fought for, I'd run them off like we did right here in Rochester. So many of us grouped together and blocked them from the funeral so the fallen could be honored by the bereaved. What the hell is this country comming to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed #1 Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 This particular group of protesters makes my heart so sad...I don't understand where they're coming from in the slightest, and I won't go into religious views because...well everyone has their own. Regardless of your own religious views...I do strongly believe that every family has the right to say goodbye to their loved ones unmolested, and I think that you have to have a very hateful heart to want to rob people of that. This clip has me all teary eyed this morning. Almost a year ago, when I came back from Iraq the Patriot Guard coordinated with state and local police to escort us from where we demobilized back to our homes and families. It was so terribly intense to have spent so much time away from home in what seemed to be a different world entirely...and to come home to that sort of dedication and gratitude was awe inspiring and overwhelming. They were perhaps the first group of non military people I'd seen 'in the world' since the April prior, and they were the first faces that let us know that we really were on our way home. Just a couple of hours after the roar of their motorbikes hit my ears...I was hugging my children. I can't tell you all how grateful I am for this group, or the respect, and love that they give to our countries soldiers and their families. That's all I got this morning...I truly hope that they continue their work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowpup Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 It's sad that the need to protect the grieving... some people should learn some respect. Those poor families have every right to greive for their lost love ones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra & Honey Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Wow! What horrible, evil, small minded people. I've never seen anything like that before, protesting at a funeral, that's an all time low! How come the police can't stop them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed #1 Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Wow! What horrible, evil, small minded people. I've never seen anything like that before, protesting at a funeral, that's an all time low! How come the police can't stop them? March 2, 2011 Supreme Court Ruling <---------that right there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BladesBird Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 I for 1 think that the armed forces do an incredibly hard and dangerous job, to protect us from terrorism. Regardless of whether or not people agree with the war, these men and women died for there countries and there families have the right to say there final good byes to there loved ones. Without these apparent "religious" people trying to take that right away. It shows the respect and dignity that these veterans have and good on them for helping grieving families at such a heartbreaking time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra & Honey Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 March 2, 2011 Supreme Court Ruling <---------that right there... I'm so shocked by this ! I would never have thought people doing such a hurtful thing to people trying to bury their dead would be allowed. That's insanity! Freedom of speech is one thing, but this is clearly not doing anyone any good. Those people (protesters) are just sitting ducks, they'll tick the wrong person off one day and that will be it. Then they'll play the poor victim act up til the cows come home. Thank you very much for the link stephanie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comeflyaway Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 I saw this on facebook, too. It's sickening that grieving families would have to face such horrible signs and protests, and absolutely heartwarming that they don't have to because there are Americans who believe in doing the right thing and supporting each other. These sorts of anti-protest protests are popping up everywhere, there are youtube videos of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comeflyaway Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 I'm so shocked by this ! I would never have thought people doing such a hurtful thing to people trying to bury their dead would be allowed. That's insanity! Freedom of speech is one thing, but this is clearly not doing anyone any good. Those people (protesters) are just sitting ducks, they'll tick the wrong person off one day and that will be it. Then they'll play the poor victim act up til the cows come home. Thank you very much for the link stephanie I agree with you about the horrendous protests and the misguided views that drive them... I think most people do... but the question is, who gets to decide whose opinion gets to be heard and whose doesn't? The thing about our government that makes it different from dictatorships is rights like these. And I don't think most Americans trust the government enough to let them decide for themselves which protesters are justified and which aren't. That's why it's so beautiful that we have communities of people willing to stand up to counteract the original protesters, exercising their own rights to drown out the negativity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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