Westboro Baptist Church at it again

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Dead Marine's Dad Must Pay Protestors At Son's Funeral: Court

8:41 pm

March 29, 2010

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By Frank James

In a decision likely to strike many observers as cruel, a federal appeals court ordered the father of a Marine killed in Iraq whose funeral drew protesters from a church notorious for such demonstrations to pay the church leader's $16,510 in legal fees.

As the Associated Press reported:

On Friday, Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ordered Snyder to pay $16,510 to Fred Phelps. Phelps is the leader of the Westboro Baptist Church, which conducted protests at Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder's funeral in 2006.

The two-page decision supplied by attorneys for Albert Snyder of York, Pa., offered no details on how the court came to its decision.

Attorneys also said Snyder is struggling to come up with fees associated with filing a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court.

The decision adds "insult to injury," said Sean Summers, one of Snyder's lawyers.

The high court agreed to consider whether the protesters' message is protected by the First Amendment or limited by the competing privacy and religious rights of the mourners.

Snyder won his case against Westboro in the lower court but that decision was overturned by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in September.

Losers in such cases often are made to pay legal fees and the appeals court may have just been following that common practice. Still, just because it's what's commonly done, doesn't mean people accept it. Snyder is getting a lot of support on Facebook.

categories: Iraq, Legal

Fighting Irish

Sure give them the attention they want

Biggins

Wacko's - nothing more do I regard them as.
Out of touch, out of date and they should be out of air time!

Hank_Jones

Certainly not in support of war or anything, but FFS, could they not let the man bury his son in peace...

And then this shit...they're scum.

AnonoBoy

These guys are so ridiculous they make the Landover Baptist Church seem like moderates.

The_Minister

They were sued, they won, they get their costs.

Sorry.

enfant terrible

Bill O' Reilly is paying his court costs thank god.

Dancor

enfant terrible wrote: »

Bill O' Reilly is paying his court costs thank god.

Im not a fan of Bill, but fair play to him

http://www.wbal.com/absolutenm/templates/story.aspx?articleid=48750&zoneid=2

Dravokivich

fair enough i think they were a bunch of a$$holes gate crashing the funeral... but I haven't been able to read anywhere what it is these Baptists were actually protesting about?

Nothing on Facebook, nothing on yer man's website either...

GLaDOS

Dravokivich wrote: »

fair enough i think they were a bunch of a$$holes gate crashing the funeral... but I haven't been able to read anywhere what it is these Baptists were actually protesting about?

Nothing on Facebook, nothing on yer man's website either...

Likely protesting against gays, they often do it at soldiers funerals to get national attention

Hells Belle

they are the crazies that Louis Theroux did a weird weekend with, they don't like soldiers because they are gay and god hates gays apparently. The mother was brainwashed by the psycho leader and she made all her children carry those banners at dead soldiers funerals....great parenting there :rolleyes:

My name is URL

The_Minister wrote: »

They were sued, they won, they get their costs.

Sorry.

That makes it acceptable? They torment the families of dead soldiers knowing full well that if anything happens that leads to a court case that they'll win, because the family is full of attorneys

They're scum.. you can talk about free speech all you want but it doesn't change the fact that the people they target don't deserve it

I hope that cnut Phelps is dug up and his corpse dragged through the streets when he dies

Dancor

Hells Belle wrote: »

they don't like soldiers because they are gay and god hates gays apparently.

They see America as a gay society, fight for America and you are gay in there stupid mind.

Hells Belle wrote: »

The mother was brainwashed by the psycho leader and she made all her children carry those banners at dead soldiers funerals....great parenting there :rolleyes:

Fred Phelps is her father. Wouldnt be suprised if he is her childrens father too.

dr gonzo

While they do hate gays obviously thats not actually why they protest funerals, its not even because theyre against the war, its simply (read: idiotically) because they think that everything that happens on earth is gods will therefore a soldier is killed because hes a bad person etc. Thats what i remember from reading about them however there is most likely more to why they chose soldiers to picket, if i was to give a reason i'd say its because picketing a soldiers funeral will get the most publicity.

There are no words for how much i hate them, i wouldnt wish ill on anyone but how nothing has happened to them is beyond me.

liah

AnonoBoy wrote: »

These guys are so ridiculous they make the Landover Baptist Church seem like moderates.

At least the Landover Baptist Church admits it's bullshït..

Ruu_Old

They feed off attention like this, must get a great kick out of it when the media makes a fuss about them.

Iwasfrozen

My name is URL wrote: »

I hope that cnut Phelps is dug up and his corpse dragged through the streets when he dies

Why wait 'till he dies ?