Texas A&M students form human wall to block Westboro Baptist Church protestors from soldier’s funeral

Texas A&M students form maroon wall to block Westboro Baptist ChurchBY Huffington Post Gay Voices

Hundreds of Texas A&M students gathered this week to form a human wall around the funeral service of a soldier to protect his family from Westboro Baptist Church protesters, KBTX.com reports.

Texas A&M alum Lt. Col. Roy Tisdale was killed on June 28 during a training exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C. Tisdale was killed by another soldier who then fatally shot himself.

Tisdale had served in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

In the days after the soldier’s death, word spread that Westboro Baptist Church members were planning to protest Tisdale’s funeral.

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