|
Posted: 5:28 PM Mar 17, 2006
Congressman Recognizes Biker Group
Jerry Moran seeks official recognition of Patriot Guard.
|
|
Kansas Congressman Jerry Moran wants his colleagues to recognize a bunch of bikers.
Moran has introduced a bill to honor the Patriot Guard, a national network of motorcyclists who turn out at funerals for US soldiers killed in Iraq to counter a Topeka church's protests.
The First-District Republican seeks to commend the group for shielding military families from funeral protests. The Westboro Baptist Church believes soldiers fighting in Iraq die because of God's anger at US tolerance of homosexuality.
Last year a small group of motorcyclists revved their engines and waved US flags to serve as a barrier between a fallen soldier's grieving family and protesters at a funeral in Mulvane, Kansas. Since then the group has grown to a nationwide network of tens of thousands.
- Bus With Miley Cyrus Tour In Accident, One Dead
- Missing Jefferson County Man Found
- Jefferson County Searching For Elderly Man
- One Wreck Sparks Two More On I-470
- Topeka Man Dies From H1N1 Infection
- Missing Person Reward Increased
- False Alarms Prompt Space Station Scare
- Police Reveal New Details On Persons Of Interest
- Oprah Confirms End of Show
- Family Offers Reward For Missing Woman
- Topeka Man Dies From H1N1 Infection
3 Comments - Toys R Us To Open At Midnight On Thanksgiving
2 Comments


