A van full of protestors from the Westboro Baptist Church, the notorious Kansas-based hate group, got a dose of their own medicine when they were shouted down by a crowd of Missouri high school students — though the teens’ powerful message was based in love, not hate.

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“Long live the queen!” chanted the nearly 200 students who had gathered on Thursday to rally in support their transgender homecoming queen, Landon Patterson, of Oak Park High School in Kansas City. The teens, along with supportive parents and local clergy, were there to go head-to-head with the Westboro protestors, who had alerted the school district that they would be arriving to stage an anti-Landon protest. So while the unsuspecting crew did arrive on the scene, they never even stepped out of their vehicle, which was quickly surrounded by the marching, fired-up students, some carrying signs that said, “Westboro Baptist Church Needs Jesus,” “Live Wins,” and “God Loves Trans Teens.”

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“This isn’t just about supporting Landon, this is about supporting all our students,” a student organizer, Christina Palermo, told KCUR. “Landon is just their scapegoat. They’re attacking everyone in the LGBT community.”

The students have been hailed on social media for their bravery, with Twitter fans calling them “amazing” and articles noting that Westboro “messed with the wrong group of students.” Word.

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