You're never too young to stand up for what's right.

Tomorrow, the boys will get their first taste of activism. Westboro Baptist Church is coming to town to protest the funeral of a Marine who was KIA in Afghanistan. For anyone who doesn't know, it's the usual Westboro Baptist Church thing. They think the US military is pro-gay because they allow gays to serve, and they're super homophobic and nasty, so they protest military funerals with homophobic signs. It's really stupid considering most of the personnel whose funerals they are protesting, were, in fact, not gay. So basically, these people are major assholes who go to funerals of fallen troops, and yell nasty stuff. This is a big deal to me because they showed up to the funeral of an NCO who was important to me about a year ago. It was really disrespectful and disgusting, and I can't stand them. Nobody can, really.

So they're coming to El Paso tomorrow. The call is for everyone to come out and block them from the view of the family of this Marine. We're going to sing patriotic songs, hold signs, and basically just drown out these Westboro idiots any way we possibly can. We're not going to get into confrontations with them. They've been known to sue and win when people do that. It's not about that. They'll read our signs and know what we think of what they're doing. We're there for the family of this Marine so they don't have to see or hear these protesters. That's what really matters.

This is all going down at 9 am tomorrow morning. Thak will be at work and Erin will be in school, but I will be there with the boys. We have signs to hold, and will lend ourselves to the effort to stand up for what is right and let this Marine's family know that El Paso and Ft. Bliss are on THEIR side, and that we think these Westboro crazies are not even worthy of being seen or heard by them.

Yes, I will make sure to keep the boys safe. We will be there with friends, most of whom are bringing their kids, too. I will probably be wearing both boys the whole time, Chai in a wrap, Orren in the Ergo. I will make sure they stay safe. One is never too young for activism, though. For my buck, this is a peace rally. We're there to insure a little more peace for a family who lost their loved one in Afghanistan. As the wife of a 3-tour Iraq vet, that's a cause I can get behind.