Reply #8: saying they dress like bums--making a bad impression.

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....Sheriff Larry Lynch said the three women and two men would be charged with demonstrating without a permit, and would be held at the jail until they paid a fine. Tidmore said the fine for the offense is $310.

Freddi Yasinkosky, who watched the spectacle from her front porch, said her son was in basic training in the Army and that colored her opinion of the protesters.

"I think they could find a better way to get their message across," she said. "They dress like bums, which undermines their cause. It defeats the purpose. A lot of them seemed to not be taking it very seriously, and if they are not going to take their message seriously, neither am I."

After they dispersed, many of the protesters reconvened across the town at the Crawford Peace House, which was bought recently by a member of the Dallas Peace Center...