Marine dad wins funeral protesters lawsuit

Elrod · Post by **Elrod** » October 31, 2007 9:00 pm

Marine Corps Times wrote:Marine dad wins funeral protesters lawsuit

The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Oct 31, 2007 17:47:45 EDT

BALTIMORE — A federal jury on Wednesday awarded the father of a fallen Marine $2.9 million in compensatory damages after finding an anti-gay Kansas church and three of its leaders liable for invasion of privacy and intent to inflict emotional distress for picketing the Marine’s funeral in 2006.

The jury was to begin deliberating the size of punitive damages after receiving further instructions, although U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett noted the size of the compensatory award “far exceeds the net worth of the defendants,” according to financial statements filed with the court.

Albert Snyder of York, Pa., sued the Westboro Baptist Church for unspecified monetary damages after members staged a demonstration at the March 2006 funeral of his son, Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, who was killed in Iraq.

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There's a special corner of hell for people like Fred Phelps.

Triathlete-Parakeet2 · October 31, 2007 9:09 pm

Ah, old Fred and the great folks at the WBC. If only they had come to protest at the funerals of the VT massacre victims too......

What kind of people....

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » October 31, 2007 9:11 pm

B@STARDS!!!!!!!!!! Yes there is E!!!!!!!

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » October 31, 2007 9:13 pm

Hoo-ah!

Way to go!

Put those idiots out of business for good!

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » October 31, 2007 9:28 pm

Elrod wrote:There's a special corner of hell for people like Fred Phelps.

hopefully it's filled with homosexual rapists

Calypso Poet 99 · Post by **Calypso Poet 99** » October 31, 2007 9:33 pm

Good!

blackjack · Post by **blackjack** » October 31, 2007 11:14 pm

These people just get my bile up! There are a lot of unfriendly words I would like to express to them.

Anyone who believes is supposed to believe God is not a vengeful God. God is supposed to be merciful. (12 years of Catholic school.)

The hate and intolerance they spew surely cannot be condoned by "their" god. (note the small "g".)

These freaks have been on Howard Stern and even he truly hates them.

May God have mercy on the souls of the men and women who have died defending these idiots rights. Too bad they pushed it so far.

Has anyone ever seen the motorcycle brigade that attends funerals with the flags flying solely for the purpose of blocking the family's view of Phelps' group. Truly moving stuff.

pbans · Post by **pbans** » October 31, 2007 11:34 pm

blackjack wrote:These people just get my bile up! There are a lot of unfriendly words I would like to express to them.

Anyone who believes is supposed to believe God is not a vengeful God. God is supposed to be merciful. (12 years of Catholic school.)

The hate and intolerance they spew surely cannot be condoned by "their" god. (not the small "g".)

These freaks have been on Howard Stern and even he truly hates them.

May God have mercy on the souls of the men and women who have died defending these idiots rights. Too bad they pushed it so far.

Has anyone ever seen the motorcycle brigade that attends funerals with the flags flying solely for the purpose of blocking the family's view of Phelps' group. Truly moving stuff.

The Patriot Guard.....I've had the honor of going on a couple of missions with them......

krusin1 · Post by **krusin1** » October 31, 2007 11:46 pm

pbans wrote:
blackjack wrote:These people just get my bile up! There are a lot of unfriendly words I would like to express to them.

Anyone who believes is supposed to believe God is not a vengeful God. God is supposed to be merciful. (12 years of Catholic school.)

The hate and intolerance they spew surely cannot be condoned by "their" god. (not the small "g".)

These freaks have been on Howard Stern and even he truly hates them.

May God have mercy on the souls of the men and women who have died defending these idiots rights. Too bad they pushed it so far.

Has anyone ever seen the motorcycle brigade that attends funerals with the flags flying solely for the purpose of blocking the family's view of Phelps' group. Truly moving stuff.
The Patriot Guard.....I've had the honor of going on a couple of missions with them......

God Bless You and the Patriot Guard. You are living out the true spirit of America.

blackjack · Post by **blackjack** » November 1, 2007 12:05 am

Here's just one of hundreds of videos with the Patriot Guard:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ2QY_1sXCI

Thank you all!

Sidew13 · Post by **Sidew13** » November 1, 2007 4:56 am

blackjack wrote:Anyone who believes is supposed to believe God is not a vengeful God. God is supposed to be merciful. (12 years of Catholic school.)

And 25+ years of Southern Baptist raising taught me to hate the sin, but love the sinner. To be supportive of our fellow man.

I guess fred phelps doesn't get it

big john · Post by **big john** » November 1, 2007 9:13 am

The Snyders (the marine's family) live about 20 miles down the
road from me. I was real happy with the verdict. We have enough
a$$holes in Pennsylvania without importing them from Kansas.

cocotel · Post by **cocotel** » November 1, 2007 9:20 am

Joe what you said is so true.
It's the sin (blatant) we hate.

Phelps doesn't get it and most likely never will.

Semper Fidelis - Snyder family

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » November 1, 2007 9:41 am

What goes around, comes around.

God Bless the Snyders, the Marine Corps, the Patriot Guard, and God Bless America.

txaggirl91 · Post by **txaggirl91** » November 1, 2007 10:25 am

I've been to two services for former students who have passed away from serving their country.... it sicken me to see the protestors there. i am so glad that they were finally taken to court.

nutmeg · Post by **nutmeg** » November 1, 2007 5:06 pm

Sorry I posted another thread on this...Didn't check first

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » November 1, 2007 6:23 pm

Look at the photo on the right in my signature line.

This hits home hard. VERY hard.

God Bless the Snyder family, and GOD DAMN Fred Phelps and his band of a-holes.

horseyparrot · Post by **horseyparrot** » November 1, 2007 10:39 pm

big john wrote:The Snyders (the marine's family) live about 20 miles down the
road from me. I was real happy with the verdict. We have enough
a$$holes in Pennsylvania without importing them from Kansas.

We certainly do, Big John. Like the guys that beat the life out of a college kid and left him to die in a pool of blood at Kutztown University a month or so ago, about 7 minutes up the road from me. Came down from Allentown and just did it for no reason at all. Absolutely sick.

Good for the Snyders---I had no idea people actually go protest at soldier's funerals. How messed up do you have to be to do that??? How messed up do you have to be to protest at ANYONE'S funeral??

I'd like to sic my mother on them.....she'd fix their wagons and teach 'em some manners!!!!! (38 years of teaching and guidance counseling in public high school will do that to ya!)

horseyparrot · Post by **horseyparrot** » November 1, 2007 10:46 pm

So I just went back and read the entire article, and this phrase:

"Church members believe that U.S. deaths in the war in Iraq are punishment for the nation’s tolerance of homosexuality."

.....is insane. With that sort of logic, then I should be the successor after the Queen of England dies, simply because she and I both like tomatoes on a sandwich.

As Ron White says, "You can't fix stupid".

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