Texas A&M Students Shouted Down a Westboro Baptist Church Demonstration With Yell Practice

[KamaAina]

http://www.texasmonthly.com/daily-post/texas-am-students-shouted-down-westboro-baptist-church-demonstration-yell-practice

They've been holding yell practice at Texas A&M for over a century now. The tradition started in 1913, back when the school was an all-male military school, as an after-dinner activity. Since the thirties, it's evolved into the Midnight Yell Practice that Aggies know today. And while it usually occurs at midnight before A&M football games, the practice is versatile enough that there's room for it under other circumstances—like, for example, when the Westboro Baptist Church rolls into College Station to protest whatever the hell they're protesting. As Bryan/College Station's KBTX reported:...

A short distance away at Simpson Drill Field, around 100 Aggies showed up for an impromptu Yell Practice.

Organizer Elyssa De Caprio said the practice was meant to celebrate the birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps, as well as distract from the WBC protest.

"Their message is just one of pure hate, and it's not something we want people to listen to," said De Caprio.

[pinboy3niner]

1. "Aggies: 2, Westboro Baptist Church: 0." :) nt

[KamaAina]

2. They must have sacked Phelps for a safety

or more likely, he was called for unsportsmanlike conduct in the end zone.