Marine Funeral, Westboro Baptist Church Protest at St. Agnes Today

The Westboro Baptist Church protesters plan to be outside St. Agnes Church in Clark today, holding up signs at .

The signs declare his death in Afghanistan as a sign of God's judgment on America. The deaths of soldiers oversees, they believe, is because various states in the country have legalized homosexual marriage.

Clark Mayor Sal Bonaccorso said he spoke with Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac and both municipalities are coordinating their police efforts. 

"We will have the police at St. Agnes. The protesters will be 500 feet away from the church. They won't even be visible," Bonaccorso said. "Three to five of them won't be a problem."

Also in attendance will be the Patriot Guard, a motorcycle club that attends funerals of soliders, firefighters and police, but only after being invited by family members.

The Patriot Guard began in 2005, to provide a response to the activities of the Westboro group. They block the group from having to be seen by mourners at funerals, and they rev their motorcycles to drown out the Westboro protests. The group also attended

A community group has also formed on Facebook to drown out the protestors.

"Let's band together as a community in support for Cpl. Kevin Reinhard & his family this coming Monday as protesters from Westboro Baptist Church plan to picket & protest this hero's funeral," reads Community Against Ignorance's Facebook page. "Let us come together and form a human chain to give Kevin & his family the peace and privacy they deserve in their time of grief."

Also, those who wish to honor Cpl. Reinhard are urged to "line both sides of Inman Avenue" after the funeral mass according to the Woodbridge township website. Cpl. Reinhard will be buried at St. Gertrude's Cemetery in Colonia.

Gov. Chris Christie has also announced that the American flag and the flag of New Jersey will be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Monday "in recognition and mourning of a brave and loyal American hero, United States Marine Corporal Kevin J. Reinhard."