Some people will do anything for their 15 minutes in the limelight. Shame on them. They have the same thought set as the islamic nazis who killed her. Shame on them. They make others ashamed to be Americans, with a belief in God. Shame on them. What exactly are they protesting? That her family wants to have a funeral for her? Shame on them.

God is the only judge. He gives us freewill to make our own choices then he shall judge us accordingly. There's no big sin vs a small sin. Sin is Sin. People need to study that same bible they claim to be standing up for. You want to be like Christ? Then allow people to live as they choose and wait until the day of judgement after you stand before the Lord for you to make your protest. I assure you that God will not need your opinion or your protesting show of support! You just may hear Him say, "Depart from me Ye workers of iniquity; I know ye not!"

Amen Brenda and Jim. RIP SGT Johnson

Your article says 3 funerals but you only talk about 1 what other 2 funerals will they be picketing. These families need to be shielded also

I’ve served in the United States Military for over 26 years; I’m a staunch constitutionalist and almost never believe in violating somebody’s Civil rights, but in the case of the Westboro Baptist Church, I’ll make an exception! I think that the wonderful boys and girls of the Westboro Baptist Church should be deported to a country that appreciates real religious freedom, like Afghanistan. I bet the religiously tolerant Pashtun would be most understanding to their plight.

Amen, MSG. I wish the word 'Baptist' were removed from this group's title. It sends the wrong msg across the nation, but I see that there are radical extremists in all nations. *RIP SGT Johnson and God bless and comfort the family and friends. God bless America.

let these saints judge the world, they are the best bible folk in the country, three cheers for 5 point calvanism. selah

Her service is deeply respected.
Who is God enough to say who can't be in love with someone because it makes them uncomfortable?
Only God can say,and I think that were God is,love is.
All that I can do for the hate group is pray that God and love finds them,and they drop the judgement.
Easier to hate what we do not understand.
That is the problem that eats them,will not let it devour me.
Served from 84 to 89.

We should be saddened by her death she was truly a war hero. If I did not have to work on Saturday I would be there to protec her civil rights. It's no ones business bit her own. Westboroygh people need to stay where they belong leave our fallen heroes alone. They have served this country and deserve respect regardless of who they love

I don't know if it is proper or not. But I would like to attend. I would like to make a video of the people forming the wall to protect this family from such mindless, hateful people. I have no intention of invading the privacy of the family. I am not a veteran, just a military spouse. Westboro gets enough attention. Time for those who serve to get more.

I'm going!!

The most prominent means of instigating homophobia is the elementary idea of fear of one's self. It is obvious that those with such a blind abhorrence to homosexuality are latent homosexuals themselves. To be so intolerant, and to represent a religion that teaches unwavering tolerance, is simply just one more facet to their audacious acts of bigotry. They are not Christian nor Christ-like and will be judged accordingly under Karmic Law as well as their own religion's laws. Needless to say, I feel they may be judged harshly.

RIP Sgt. Johnson! Thank you for everything you did, And for all you gave!

I would like to go. I admire and respect the sacrifice these soldiers make.

Some gave all. RIP Sgt.Johnson and thank you. May God hold up this family in need at this time

Anyone Who Find It Necessary To Protest A Soldiers Funeral Should Be Jailed, How Would They Like It If A Member Of Their Family Died And People Were There To Protest It, Get A Grip, We Are In This Together For Apart We All Lose.

If you cannot love and respect the people that protect your right to act like a retard if you feel the need (westboro), the people that keep us safe at night, the people who stand for us all in the face of terror, GET THE HELL OUT OF THE USA. That damn simple.

I wish I could attend but I live in NJ. Please google motorcycle veterans. There are groups in your area who will show up on their bikes and block the idiotic protestors. They even rev their bikes so the families can't hear any filth spewing from the animals.

Nobody but God has the right to judge her. I'm a vereran and a christian woman. As a veteran I wish I can be there at NC playing the beugler to show respect to her as I fid for a couple of years while I was part of a Funeral Detail in Fort Hood Texas. It was a sad job, but I wanted to do it for all the fallen soldiers. It was my way to show to their family how proud I was for their service. As a christian I pray for her and her family. How I'm going to hate her ir judge her if Jesus love her? I'm sure that those people dont have half of courage that she has to go out of the wire to fight for our freedom.

Where and when are the 2 other funerals being held. I will try to make as many of them as possible. I think it is disgusting what that group is doing! They should be locked up if not worse.

I am a former soldier of the 514th MP Co. who was discharged in 2011 and my fiancee (who was also a soldier in that company) will be going to help in the "Human Wall" that is being set up to separate the family from this group of people. We now live in the town that Sgt. Johnson grew up in and feel its our duty to show our support. NO SOLDIER'S FAMILY SHOULD HAVE TO ENDURE THIS HATE GROUP WHEN BURYING THEIR SOLDIER!

Im definitely going!!

Sure hope none of our fine southern folks "accidently" run those westboro folks off the road after the protest. Those pinetree lined roads can get dangerous out there in the country...

Wish I could be there to show my respect to her duties. With Christmas around the corner you would think they would be trying to raise money for kids who will not have one. Let her RIP & let her family mourn in peace.

She died serving her country. Is there really anything else that needs to be said???

Normally I would say two wrongs never make a right, but...when this POS Fred Phelps finally dies, I hope THOUSANDS of flaming gay men show up at his funeral, dressed in boas and neon green speedos, kissing and dancing.

Westboro Baptist Church is a hate group that hides behind the guise of a religious church. It is so hard to believe that they can recruit people to participate in these hateful protests. The day will come when each and every member will be judged and sentenced for the hatred they carry in their hearts.. In the meantime, RIP Sgt. Johnson. May your family find peace in knowing that you are a true American hero.

We should all be praying for her family.
Sgt Johnson thank you for your service and sacrifice. We as Americans could not be more proud.
Let's cut off all recognition in the press or otherwise of the group mentioned. Their power is when we use their name. They add no value - let's not give it to them.

Maybe, instead of them protesting these funerals, they should spend their time on the front lines of war as these men have who have died to protect the freedoms of the people who are protesting them. It's nice to be able to reap the benifits of those who have died for them. I bet anything, that these a**holes would prefer to stand there and disrespect these men, than fight for their own freedom. Talk about cowards!! I also bet that a few skeletons are rattling around in their closets.

And a big "AMEN" to Uheardme!! I will be there with them in support of them!!

Westboro Baptist church should be thanking the families of these fallen soldiers instead of ridiculing them for the lives that they chose to live. Afterall, without the soldiers to protect our freedoms, these ignorant people wouldn't be able to spew their foul beliefs now would they? May the families of these heroes find comfort in the fact that there are more of "us" than there are of "them"....

I think the fire department should come and hose them down

Thanks to all who make my job alot easier.Why so suprised? Inquisitions, crusades, or witch-hunt. Seems to be a pattern here. NO DIFFERENCES. Church santioned terror. GOOOOO CHRISTIANS. Better check your coverage plan. I think your God's line is down.

No matter what these nutcases do, the majority of our citizens will honor their sacrifices and service. These people are nothing but scumbags and the majority of us will pay them no heed.

How do these people even consider themselves Christians? What Bible are they reading? It's not their right to judge anyone! That will be done in the end of times as will their fate. I think that their funerals need to be protested as well! God Bless our Military!

This group wants to beat people over the head with the bible instead of supporting them as it's meant to do. Whatever has to be done in a peaceful way to shelter the family from their hate filled presense needs to be done.

Don't get mad at these people. Laugh at them and their stupidity. The more you can laugh at people like this, they will get bored and stop doing it. Remember you are laughing at them,not with them. ;)

I know. We can take all of the Gitmo detainees, enroll them in the Westboro Baptist Church. Ship them there. Have the entire congregation present. Fit them all with non removable electric dog collars. Set a parameter around the church. Turn them all loose on each other and see what happens.

I am proud of our small town of Raeford, North Carolina!!! We came out in force to show our respect for Sgt. Johnson!!!! I was there from 8:30am till about 12:30!!! At first it was a small group, by the end it was thousands!!!! Thank you to all That have and are Serving this Great Country!!! You have Done Her Proud!!!!!

Judge not, least ye be judged, what in the name of GOD is wrong with these radical people?Why is it that they can't mind their own business. These brave Americans donned the uniform of our military, and paid the ultimate price with their lives. I just can't believe that these religious fanatics would be so disrespectful of these fallen angels. My prayers are with the families and friends of our fallen heros.

to hell with westboro in bread cult they we the old so called preacher man die's we should picket his crusty a## funeral yee haww !!

I think that a contingent of Hell's Angels, and Military Veterans armed with baseball bats should meet the Westboro Baptist morons and give them what they deserve.

Another man made up church who ha s written their own bible . Run bvy an insane man who is violent. I thought Obama had passed a new law stopping them from doing this to Vets funerals? They need to be arrested for something and be put i jail and kept there. I do not understand if they can arrest people for protesting wallstreet and in the 60's they got their asses beat and then got arrested lol why they can;t do the same now. Have Americans gotten so politically correct the these people have more rights then our VETS?? Get your balls bvack American and put a stop to this shit,

Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. Christians who use old testament scripture to vilify it, while eating bacon, getting tattoos and wearing cotton/poly blends, are failing Jesus and their own souls.

Our country will do something nearly as bad when deny her spouse military benefits.

A suggestion: the police chief of wherever the Westboro Taliban show up should inform them that, due to budget restraints, the police will be unable to provide protection. Let's see if they show up them.

I certainly hope that the Patriot Guard Motorcycle Riders are aware and will keep these idiots at bay. This "church" should be ashamed of itself. If it wasn't for our military, we wouldn't have the freedom to even think of what these jerks do.

Thank u heroes for defending our country and hopefully one day people will understand being gay is no harm to anyone. We r still humans who has love just like anyone else..thanks for protecting me.

The cretins from this so-called church are far less worthy than the dirt that attaches to the bottom of our shoes when we walk outside.
Whoever said these morons should be treated with sarcastic laughter or ignored altogether is right. After all, how much attention should be paid to garbage?!
RIP, Sgt. Johnson. Thank you for your sacrifice. Those (ugh!) people are not worthy of being on the same planet as outstanding people like you.

1 Corinthians 13:1
New International Version (NIV)
If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

I very rarely comment on any posting. the God I serve is a God of LOVE :) This "church" is only making noise.

we should use their own methods against them

God Bless Sgt. Donna Johnson. I thank her from the depths of my soul for her service protecting myself and my children and and I pray for comfort and peace for her family.. So sad that our Freedom of Speech can be abused by those miscreants who are allowed to call themselves a "CHURCH". I apologize for only finding this news after it happened. I ABSOLUTELY would have stood as a link in the "wall" against these fools!
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This group is one of the sickest bunch of people~to deliberately cause more pain to a family suffering the loss of a loved one who sacrificed her life for all of us~ including those fools. Their "cult"- and it can be called nothing else; is comprised of some seriously mentally deranged people and should be blocked in the 'wall' by each and every one of us who can

Good news,,,you'll be happy to know,,,There were over 1000 Patriots who attended the funeral to prevent the WBC from disrupting the services. A few of the Patriots removed the flag from the possession of the westboro baptist church scum who were dragging it on the ground and walking on it. One Patriot was arrested in the process and charged for inciting a riot and the guy on the left nearly got arrested trying to keep the flag from becoming police evidence.
NOTE: There was a picture of the Patriots holding up the flag attached to the message I received.
THANK YOU to all who participated in the Honor Ride to protect the sanctity of this most solemn event, where one of our brave soldiers was laid to rest. God Bless each of you and may God give comfort and peace to Sgt Donna Johnson and her family.

There must be a reason for mosquitoes, cockroaches, and the Westboro Baptist Church.
Perhaps this is to remind us that we all need to honor our fallen soldiers.
Every day.

i think the miltary ought to set up a bunch of claymores and help fill the heavens.

I look at the situation this way. Westboro Baptist church had better be able to drop to their knees quickly on judgement day. In my mind I'm picturing ALL of our fallen soldiers, that they protested their funerals, riding on their horses with Christ. All of them coming down from the heavens to give them the ass whipping they so souly deserved and EARNED!!!!

My heart goes out to Sgt. Donna Johnson's family and loved ones. I cannot imagine anything more awful than to lose someone you love...a beautiful young woman who gave her life for this country...An American Hero. I wish I were not so far away. I would give anything to be a part of "The Human Wall for Fallen Soldiers".

There is irony in the fact that Westboro "Baptist Church" pickets at our fallen Heros funerals...if it were not for the freedom these amazing military members put their lives on the line to protect, Westboro would not have the freedom to commit the atrocities they do...all in the name of freedom of speech.

I am so grateful that I have other examples of Christianity...how heartbreaking for those whose only example of Christianity is this hate-mongering group. Heavenly Father will deal with these folks in His time. Sadly, in the meantime, our wonderful military families who have lost loved ones have to contend with Westboro's poison.

I saw an article where a lot of college students formed a circle around the funeral of someone this so called church was protesting. It effectively kept the protesters out and gave the family a little more privacy and peace. I thought it was a great idea.

u the same trash that say its ok to direspect the muslims cause of the fst ammandent

Fred Waldron Phelps is pastor of the independent Westboro Baptist Church, an extremist organization not affiliated with mainstream Baptist churches, and is a controversial activist against homosexual behavior. Phelps has been an active contributor to the DEMOCRATIC Party. Phelps has run in various Kansas DEMOCRATIC Party primaries five times, but has never won. These included races for governor in 1990, 1994, and 1998, receiving about 15 percent of the vote in 1998. In the 1992 DEMOCRATIC Party primary for U.S. Senate, Phelps received 31 percent of the vote. Phelps ran for mayor of Topeka in 1993 and 1997. Phelps supported Al Gore in the 1988 DEMOCRATIC Party primary election According to Phelps, members of the Westboro Baptist Church helped run Gore's 1988 campaign in Kansas. Phelps' son, Fred Phelps Jr., hosted a Gore fundraiser at his home in Topeka and was a Gore delegate to the 1988 DEMOCRATIC National Convention

I looked up the Westboro Baptist church and it is listed as having only 40 members, mostly members of Phelps' family. It's apparent they are inbred. They have such hatred in their souls that they will eventually burn out, hopefully sooner rather than later.
Rest in peace Sgt. Johnson

to Frank James...I am studying the Bible. But I still have human compassion for this woman. She is a sinner. Yes. I do not condone it. I cannot help her...she is gone.God is the ONLY ONE...the ONLY one who can judge her. Not us. We can lead other's who have this sin to Salvation ... or try to. I don't condone alcoholics, gluttons, sexual predators, drug addicts...get my drift? I do not condone sin period. BUT JAMES...YOU ARE A SINNER TOO! We all are. Judging is a SIN. Amen.

What needs to happen to this little band of self-proclaimed protesters is for them to show up at a protest, have the Cops stay away and for a group of military or former military guys to soundly whip their ass. I guarantee that would be the last protest for those people. Sgt. Johnson, thank you for your service to our nation and may you rest in peace?

I wish I wasn't 89 years old and living 1600 miles away. While the ignorant family was away for protesting, I'd set their house on fire.(Yeah, I know it isn't legal, but what can anyone due to hurt me at this age?)
Verne Lietz, USAF retired

WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS HOW COME NOBODY EVER THOUGHT OF PROTESTING THE WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH (WHICH IS LOCATED AT 3701 SOUTHWEST 12th STREET, IN TOPEKA, KANSAS)? WHAT THE PROTEST COULD BE ABOUT IS THAT PEOPLE ARE LARGELY AGAINST SO MANY RELIGIOUS VILLAGE IDIOTS HAVING KIDS AND PRETENDING THAT THEY ARE THE "EYES OF GOD" WHEN IN REALITY, ARE NOTHING MORE THAN THE CR*P ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR BOOT WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH A COW PASTURE. IN FACT, FORT RILEY, KS, IS ONLY 63 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA ON INTERSTATE 70 AND I BET THERE ARE A FEW SOLDIERS THAT WOULDN'T MIND VISITING ON A SUNDAY MORNING FOR CHURCH SERVICES, JUST TO SHOW THEIR "APPRECIATION" FOR WESTBORO'S RELIGIOUS INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE.

Peace to SGT.Johnson and to her entire family.
And to those who will be a part of the Wall, Thank you !!
And to those Morons at Westboro ( I can hardley say that nome ) Drop dead !!

It should be treasonous to demonstrate and disrespect Sgt. Johnson's funeral and her family who will be in attendance. Sgt. Johnson served her country--the free country you're damned lucky to live in because of brave soldiers like her--for six years and lost her life in the line of duty. Duty to you pompous, finger-pointing, small-minded, holier-than-thou slugs. I think we should all demonstrate outside your Baptist Church in an effort to move you out of this country. You do not deserve the safety, comforts, opportunity and freedoms this country affords you when you disrespect the very people who stand in harm's way daily to make that way of life possible for you. Your display of hate and intolerance is speaks volumes of your character...and none of it is good.

This is one christian, baptist pastor that says thank you and rest in peace Sgt Johnson. I will offer my prayers of thanksgiving and praise for you. Jesus said there is no greater gift than than to give your life for others. I also pray for the peace and comfort of God to cover you family friends and loved ones in this time of grief. We have lost a true treasure and God will honor their sacrifice. Jesus said, I came not to condemn the world but that through me you might have life and that life more abundant. Don't worry God will deal with the wolves in sheeps clothing, those false teachers and worker of iniquity. Put them out of heart and mind and focus as I will on giving honor and glory to the ones that have paid the ultimate price for our freedom. God bless you all and may his peace fill your life.

Tracy, as a gold star wife myself, I send you much love. I'm so sorry for your loss and hope you find comfort in the tremendous outporing of support from the Ft. Bragg community. Thank you for loving a soldier. Your sacrifice is heartbreaking. Stay strong.