Now I have been told that the perimeter surrounding St. Anthony’s will be tightly guarded tomorrow (as it should be with the President and the Vice President and lot of the Cabinet present), and that bags and signs and water bottles will not be permitted. And I have been told that it is highly unlikely that the Secret Service will allow any demonstration (pro or con) to be set up in sight of the Church, and thus, the family will not see the horror that is the Westboro Baptist Church. And it is quite likely that they will not even show up, or if they do it will be one or two lonely miscreants with a sign in each hand.
Regardless, a bipartisan group of Delawareans will be meeting at 8:30 am at the corner of Delaware Avenue and North DuPont Street by the ACME parking (across the street from the Logan House, right next to the train tracks). And we will walk up to see to the St. Anthony’s area to see if there are any WBC protestors around.
This will not be a violent mob. If we do encounter any, we will stand in front of them, with our backs to them to mute their protest. We will not argue with them either, for to argue with someone presupposes that they have intelligence and their minds can be changed. No, this is merely a show of support for the Biden family, for all those who mourn and respect Beau Biden, and for all Delawareans who stand for tolerance, equality, civility, and respect.
Here is a map of where we are meeting (the blue square) and where we will be walking to (the red flag pin).
