The man draped in a Confederate flag said, “All corruption of children should be called out and stopped. It is wrong. Children should be able to grow up in the light and the love of the world without people coming to tell them, ‘No, you need to accept this deviation from normal behavior.’”
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Other masked protesters shouted denunciations of the event through a megaphone.
Soon, police officers arrived on the scene to warn protesters to remain peaceful and not to encroach upon the yoga studio’s private property. They also informed the protesters that they were in violation of a local ordinance by using voice amplification systems without having registered the protest.
In response, one protester asked, “What’s it going to take for the police to protect the children? That’s my concern. I have young children at home.”
“Are they in there?” one officer asked, pointing to the building where the event was being held. The protester fired back, “But there’s other children, defenseless children, innocent children.”
“Are they with their parent or guardian?” the officer questioned.
“If I was at home abusing my children, you’d need to protect [them],” the man said. Another chimed in, “Is there such a thing as child abuse?”
The officer went on to say that no laws had been broken and that the protesters should take it up with legislators.
In a statement at the Lee County Board of Commissioners meeting the next day, Booher clarified that while he protested alongside men wearing Confederate and neo-Nazi apparel, those protesters were not associated with his church group.
Of the Drag Story Hour event, Booher said, “Are we going to permit these things going on in our town?…There’s no ordinance in place to shut it down. As a minister, I will say that God will hold us accountable. We need to have enforcement or ordinances.”
