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ORIGINAL: HunterCA

No parent should outlive their child. That just sucks.

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In the local news.....
Three protesters from the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church kept their promise and picketed Beau Biden's funeral Saturday, only to run into a counter-protest by several hundred mourners protesting the group's presence.
The trio from the Topeka, Kansas, sect started their protest about 9:20 a.m. at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and North DuPont Street – two blocks from St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church where Biden's funeral Mass began just before 11 a.m.
The group was soon outnumbered about 100-to-1 by mourners who drowned out the Westboro members, known for picketing soldiers' funerals. Counter protesters sang "Amazing Grace," held their own signs and displayed American flags.
Among the opposition were Adam Conard and a man who went by Gibby, who carried an American flag between them.
"There's not a whole lot we can do but hold the flag," said Conard, adding that he served with Biden in the Delaware Army National Guard. "He's a good guy. He definitely doesn't deserve this kind of trash."
Conard was an example of the overwhelming support for Biden, who died of brain cancer May 30 at the age of 46. It also was a rejection of tactics used by members of the unaffiliated Baptist congregation...........
...Saturday's picket by the group peacefully ended shortly after 10 a.m., after the presidential motorcade passed by.
But as Westboro members were escorted to their car parked in the 1200 block of North DuPont Street, a man holding a cup of McDonald's coffee walked up to the women. The man thanked the women who were placing their signs into their car.
As one of the women turned toward him, the man tossed the coffee on the woman.
Protesters at Biden Funeral