The anti-gay, anti-Catholic, anti-semitic, anti-American, anti-everything Westboro Baptist Church of Fred Phelps , Sr. was hit was massive legal judgement today over their picketing of the funeral of an American soldier killed overseas.
BALTIMORE — The father of a fallen Marine was awarded nearly $11 million Wednesday in damages by a jury that found leaders of a fundamentalist church had invaded the family’s privacy and inflicted emotional distress when they picketed the Marine’s funeral.
The jury first awarded $2.9 million in compensatory damages. It returned later in the afternoon with its decision to award $6 million in punitive damages for invasion of privacy and $2 million for causing emotional distress to the Marine’s father, Albert Snyder of York, Pa.
Snyder sued the Kansas-based 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.
If you aren’t familiar with Westboro Baptist Church, I suggest you check out the link above. In short, they are a cult infatuated with homosexuality. They have been disavowed by extremist fundamentalists, mainstream Christian organizations and anyone who refers to themselves as Baptists. Jerry Falwell called them out as idiots (his funeral was protested by WBC as a result).
I can’t even begin to describe these people. You need to hit Wikipedia and google to learn about these incestuous, cultish, bitter, anti-God, unpatriotic assholes to understand exactly who they are. I really shouldn’t even give them attention, but they make my blood boil. These heretics will rot in hell. Until then, at least they may soon be financially destitute. As much as I have been a First Amendment purist, I am happy to see this result from our judicial system.
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