AURORA, Colo. – Linking arms in a human chain encircling a large swath of green grass in front of the Aurora Municipal Building, a young married couple vowed Sunday not to let anyone disturb mourners who had come to honor the city’s dead and to pay their respects to its newly knighted police heroes.

“The point is to create a silent barrier,” said Jamie McCurdy, 25, as she stood next to her wife, Kronda Seibert. “We’re not engaging them.”

The “them” McCurdy was referring to were members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., who were rumored to have traveled to Colorado on Sunday to disrupt a memorial and candlelight vigil for the 12 people who were gunned down on July 20 during a midnight premiere of the new Batman film, “The Dark Knight Rises.”

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