Minute of (Counter) Hate

I'm not going to focus too much energy on these bigots. But I do want to share the story of the counter-protesters in Buffalo, NY who drove away members of the hate group Westboro Baptist Church. From The Buffalo News:

Dozens of counterdemonstrators swarmed three members of a Kansas-based hate group when they tried to protest near a Main Street church where a memorial service for a Continental Flight 3407 crash victim was being held this afternoon.

The protesters, from Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., left the area near St. Joseph University Catholic Church, near the University at Buffalo's South Campus, at about 1:50 p.m., only a few minutes after they arrived.

Counterdemonstrators, carrying plain white flags and banners, surrounded the three Westboro picketers as Buffalo police looked on.

I'm all for letting these morons show how stupid and full of ungodly hate they truly are. But I'm also all for protecting the loved ones of the plane crash victims from having to see them.