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People put on angel wings outside the entrance at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church before the funeral of nine-year-old Christina Green Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. Green was the youngest victim of Saturday's shooting in Tucson. Chris Carlson, Associated Press
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People put on angel wings outside the entrance of the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church before the funeral of nine-year-old Christina Green Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. Green was the youngest victim of Saturday's shooting in Tucson. Chris Carlson, Associated Press
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Ann Marie Kilargis cries at the entrance at the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church before the funeral of nine-year-old Christina Taylor Green Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. Green was the youngest victim of Saturday's shooting in Tucson. Morry Gash, Associated Press
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Ann Marie Kilargis, right, is consoled by Nicholas Darochkin at the entrance at the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church before the funeral of nine-year-old Christina Taylor Green Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. Green was the youngest victim of Saturd Chris Carlson, Associated Press

By Associated Press

TUCSON, Ariz. — Several hundred people are standing silently along a road near the church that will hold the funeral for the youngest victim of the Arizona massacre.

Most of the people were dressed in white T-shirts and said Thursday they organized over the Internet and by word of mouth. About 20 people were dressed as angels.

They said they came in case members of a Kansas church showed up to protest. The Westboro Baptist Church threatened to picket the funeral of 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green, but backed off, in part because a nationally syndicated radio show agreed to host some of their members.

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The church is known for picketing the funerals of slain servicemen and blaming their deaths on the country's tolerance of homosexuality.

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