Visitors to our Facebook page are extremely angry over the Westboro Baptist Church's plan to protest at the funeral for seven children killed in the tragic Perry County farm house fire. Here are a few of the comments so far. Visit our Facebook page and tell us how you feel.
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Linda Smith its all over face book and we from perry are goning to stop them from bening there us red necks stick togather and this is one of the times these assholes need to be stop and perry is the wrong place to come to for a time ilke this
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Cathy Hockensmith Ok they protest military funerals, now the protest against a family losing seven children. I guess they need more tv time to twist the Bible, and send their message of hate.
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Tom Hagens Just because it's all over Facebook doesn't mean it's true. This sounds like some sick freaks decided to spread a rumor. Maybe Bob Casey needs to provide written, video, or audio proof of this pathetic excuse for a church actually planning a protest before jumping on the rumor bandwagon. Is it posted on the Westboro's website? Maybe CBS 21 should do just a tiny bit of investigating before spreading this rumor. If it's true, I hope people do stop them, but it sounds more like a sick rumor at this point.
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CBS 21 News We received a flier from the church.
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Jennifer Zviman Helm Its so sad that the family cannot morn in peace. This church is so hateful, and that is not being a Christian. Why are they protesting anyway? As a Christian and a Mother, my heart and prayers go out to this family♥
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Seth Everhart If they do show up, I'm betting CBS glorifies it with cameras. You are giving them their platform. You are fueling their hate machine. I encourage everyone to send a message to the news broadcasters; I intend to change the channel as soon as I hear West Baptist anything!
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Mandy McNalis Is there information on when/where the funeral is going to be held? I'd be more than happy to drive on down from Schuylkill County to support this family at such a heartbreaking time. No one deserves such hateful people's words and presence pressed on them at a time like this.
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Robert Stalnecker WHAT? This would almost make me violent enough to go there and express MY thoughts against that church....
When does the stupidity end
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Missyq Martz And Seth you have the right to change the channel the news is just letting people know what sick assholes they are maybe they want people to stand up and stop them wouldn't you want people to stand up for you
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Rose Wilson-Fake I argee Linda Smith. Come to Perry. County it will be hunting season
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Missyq Martz CBS just wondering if you spoke to the soldiers father and what his thoughts might be
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CBS 21 News We are running a story on it tonight at 5. Please tune in or stop by the website later today. To get more details.
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Seth Everhart They sent you a flyer and you advertised for them. I hear Bon Ton is having a sale too. Time to hit the media outlets where it hurts so they practice responsible reporting again. Make a financial statement, change the channel.
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Lee Ann Costanza I emailed the PA head of the Patriot Guard and asked if they would come to barricade the family from the picketers. They are as bad as any hate group out there!
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Lee Ann Costanza @Rose Wilson-Fake--I said they obviously have never been to Perry County.
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Missyq Martz I agree there will be some baptist ass kicking going on I don't think they will have the balls to show up people aren't · 1 personLoading...
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Missyq Martz Seth you would have been pissed if the news didn't cover this and they showed up at the funeral and then you found out they knew you would say y didn't the news let people know so they could stop them you can't make everyone happy
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CBS 21 News The story will actually air tonight at 530 and 6 for those interested parties.
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Michael S Lea Those morons need to be locked up...they are hatefilled, despicable, intolerant assholes.
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Missyq Martz Michael I agree with you and thank you CBS 21
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Pam Rosenberg I wish the news would stop giving them publicity - that's what they want!
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Mandy McNalis
To anyone who does decide to go and support the family a few things to remember about these whackos:
Do not engage them physically, verbally, or anything. Ignore them and shield the family. Sing songs to drown out the hate speech if needed....
They are a "church" that is comprised of mostly family members; most of which are lawyers. They make their money by suing those who assault them or cities who try to stop them from protesting. Don't give them the satisfaction and don't put money in their pockets by confronting/assaulting them.
They dance a fine line on the law and know just how far they can legally go to avoid being cited for hate speech. You'll probably notice that they don't single anyone out while chanting their filth, it's one of the ways they avoid being cited.
The important thing is to protect the family and give them as much love and support as possible; ignore the members as much as possible, don't even look at them if you can help it. Give them no ammo to file a suit.
They document EVERYTHING, so if you think you can get away with a punch and run, you won't. If you choose to make signs to help block their view, be mindful of what you write; do not stoop to their level.
Just a few tips. Don't put money in the pockets of these haters.See More
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Linda E Erwin What about the right to bury your dead loved ones in peace?
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Tom Hagens OK Thank you CBS 21 for your prompt response and clarifying where your information came from. You might want to include that in the story then, because the original story read as though the only source was Bob Casey, Jr. It fails to mention that source directly from the church.
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Tom Hagens @Seth CBS21 is reporting what this group is advertising that they are about to do. The only problem I had was the initial story did not indicate the source. It is good for the public to know so as many people as possible can shelter the remaining family from this sick group.
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CBS 21 News Sorry the story was only meant to show Casey's response. We did not mean for any confusion. As stated earlier we will be running our story later once we have gathered all the appropriate information. Thank you!
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Sharon Bennett Lehman @Mandy, Thanks ! I am passing this on to a few of my friends. Good advice for us all.
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Mandy McNalis No problem Sharon. The more people who don't engage these jerks means less money for them to continue their crusade of hate and that's something I think we ALL can get behind.
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Missyq Martz CBS 21 I know the story will run at 5:30 but just wondering did you talk to the police department ?
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