Unchecked Dispicable Behavior
Remember those nut jobs who would picket soldiers’ funerals under the premise that they were a result of god’s hatred for homosexuality in the US? Well - they got judged. Harshly.
A grieving father won a nearly $11 million verdict Wednesday against a fundamentalist Kansas church that pickets military funerals out of a belief that the war in Iraq is a punishment for the nation’s tolerance of homosexuality.
Albert Snyder of York, Pa., sued the Westboro Baptist Church for unspecified damages after members demonstrated at the March 2006 funeral of his son, Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, who was killed in Iraq.
The federal jury first awarded $2.9 million in compensatory damages. It returned in the afternoon with its decision to award $6 million in punitive damages for invasion of privacy and $2 million for causing emotional distress.
Snyder’s attorney, Craig Trebilcock, had urged jurors to determine an amount “that says don’t do this in Maryland again. Do not bring your circus of hate to Maryland again.”
The defense said it planned to appeal, and one of the church’s leaders, Shirley Phelps-Roper, said the members would continue to picket military funerals.
What part of that did they not understand? What the hell is their deal? Are they really this delusional? What unmitigated gall. How has no one shot them over this yet. I’m not saying I would approve, but I’d understand. *
* amended from Chris Rock’s joke on OJ
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I know what you mean. I like how at the end of the article the prosecuting attorney said he’d do whatever it took to get the family the money they’ve been granted. For speech that hateful, I think there should be a price to pay.
Comment by Phil — October 31, 2007 @ 11:12 pm
I am sitting here open mouthed with shock. I’d never read or heard about this and I can hardly get my head around it. Those T shirts! Honestly, this is one of the most disturbing things I have read in a long time. The association with this gloating and (obviously for them) pleasurable hatred and the word ‘church’ is beyond belief.
Comment by francesca — November 2, 2007 @ 9:57 am