Michael Sam came
out publicly as a gay man last week. The responses-- as well as the
stories of the initial reaction at Missouri-- have been heartrendingly
supportive. But there will be obstacles, both from the old-school
itchiness that still inhabits some of the NFL, and from plainly hateful
people. The latter is the issue this weekend, as the unabashed
hate-spewing misanthropes of the Westboro Baptist Church announced plans
to demonstrate on the Missouri campus Saturday afternoon.
Mizzou students wouldn't have it.
Taking their cue from Texas A&M's response to a similar
encroachment by the WBC years back, students Alix Carruth and Kelaney
Lakers organized a human wall to "Stand With Sam" and prevent the WBC from entering. It's impressive:
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