The Westboro Baptist Church staged protests at Missouri’s basketball game against Tennessee on Saturday to protest the Tiger’s support of defensive end Michael Sam’s recent announcement that he is gay.
However, the group was met by hundreds of students who formed a human wall to counter-protest the WBC’s efforts.
KRCG 13 reports that:
Mizzou sophomores Kelaney Lakers and Alix Carruth used Facebook to organize a counter protest. Hundreds showed up and created a silent human wall in solidarity to Sam and their Mizzou family.
Lakers said, “We’re both Christians. The thing is God is love. What they are doing is hateful, but being hateful is a sin. We’re also supposed to show love to them. We are not going to be yelling things at them or be vulgar. It’s not about that.”
Carruth said, “We don’t want to fight fire with fire on any level.”
You can watch a news clip below from KRCG13 followed by a video from Instagram user Sarah Damico:
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