The Courage Of Five-Year-Old Jayden Sink – Damned To Burn In Hell By The Westboro Baptist Church

Once upon a time, there was a difficult period that history remembers as the Obama Years. It was an era when those we now call the Dark Beings infested America, drawn like magnets to one another’s fear of change. The Dark Beings banded together in what historians now call Armies of Ignorance. They had names like Neocons, who legend says believed they could make themselves immortal through never ending war. And names like Teaers, who are often depicted as snakes that wriggled their way into every level of government, turning it from a force to help the American people, into a force that existed only to punish the citizens who did not agree with Teaer dogma. There was also Enra, filled with Dark Beings said to be so paranoid, they could be identified by their acrid cordite smell. Silly as it sounds now, Enra believed the world would be safer if everyone carried a gun everywhere they went, even into their own beds at night. And then there were the Dark Beings who gathered in what, even then, were known as Hate Groups. They called themselves Nom, and Westboro, and House Republican Caucus. These groups declared only THEY could decide who had the “right kind” of love, and they conspired to do all in their power to keep boy couples and girl couples from being able to marry and raise children.

In this time of Dark Beings, a princess slipped into the universe. (“And Kansas, she said was the name of the star.”) She was not royal by birth, but she was born to a good and honest man, named Jon Sink, who loved art and music and stood bravely against the Dark Beings whenever he encountered them. He was a man who had opened his heart, and tried to do good deeds in the world, involving himself in projects to bring bicycles to Zimbabwe, and clean water to South Sudan. In return, the universe had sent him this special gift, this American princess. Jon named his newborn daughter Jayden. And as he held his child, he promised to teach her compassion, and empathy, and forgiveness and love, all the traits a true princess must be able to summon, as naturally as breathing out and breathing in.
As the years progressed, Jayden proved to be fair of face, and lithe of limb, with hair gold like the sun, as lovely as any princess of royal blood. She had a smile so warm that those lucky enough to be graced by it say could melt even the icy heart of a Dark Being. As she grew,  just as Jon had determined she would, Jayden showed compassion and empathy and forgiveness and love, as naturally as breathing out and breathing in. And just like the golden Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, who was also was born a commoner, Jayden carried in her heart no fear of boy couples, and girl couples, and was distressed that the Dark Beings were so unkind to them, especially the Westboros.

Girl, 5, Collects Hundreds Of Dollars For Peace Selling Lemonade Outside Westboro Baptist Church

What happens when a little girl decides to set up a lemonade stand for peace outside the Westboro Baptist Church headquarters in Kansas? Members of the community step out in droves to show support, even as the hate group tries to quash it.
Five-year-old Jayden, the daughter of Jon Sink, founder of the philanthropic arts group FRESHCASSETTE - Creative Compassion, decided to set up a stand selling pink lemonade at The Equality House on Friday afternoon. The Equality House is a rainbow-colored building directly across the street from Westboro's Topeka compound. The house, which was painted the colors of the pride flag in March, was bought by Aaron Jackson, one of the founders of Planting Peace, a multi-pronged nonprofit set up in 2004 and aimed at spreading goodwill and equality around the globe.
Jayden, who is from Kansas City, decided to set up her stand at the Equality House after her parents explained to her the significance of its construct. After being told that the church across the street had a message of hate, she set a goal of raising money to go towards a message of love and peace.
So she painted a banner for the event reading, "Pink Lemonade for Peace: $1 Suggested Donation." She put the stand in the grass and waited. But the waiting didn't take long. Supporters came in by the droves and $1 turned into hundreds of dollars.
During the day, Westboro sent representatives outside to try and find a way to stop the event. They apparently attempted to call the local police and stooped to yelling profanities when that didn't work, like calling a group of soldiers who rode out on their motorcycles to suport the event "bastards."
Westboro's hate couldn't stop Jayden. She not only raised $400 during the day on Friday, but she has also collected over $1000 with an online campaign set up through Crowd Rise. Some people donated as little as $10 and as much as $230. One person gave $26 for every person killed six months ago in the Newtown, Conn., massacre.
"As we all know, the Westboro Baptist Church puts a lot of hate into the world," Jackson told HuffPost in an email Friday. "Since we cannot stop them, the next best thing is to smother it with love. That is what 5-year-old Jayden accomplished today! Jayden set up a lemonade stand in front of the church. Not only did she quench the thirst of a lot of loving supporters, the money she raised was donated to Planting Peace so she could help Planting Peace promote a more peaceful world."
“Jayden represents the natural humanity we are born with," Davis Hammet, Director of Operations at Planting Peace, added. "We come into this world compassionate, caring beings and only become hateful if we are taught to be.”
Click here if you are interested in donating to Jayden's Pink Lemonade Stand for Peace.