Another fine example of Xtian Family Values..Baptist Nutsacks to protest Ledger's Services
Ken
be
there shaking hands with the demonstrators and passing out "Vote for
Me" buttons?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22813570/
Hate Group Plans Protest For Heath Ledger Funeral
A Christian Fundamentalist hate group has sparked outrage with plans
to picket the funeral
of tragic actor Heath Ledger. The Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka,
Kansas - run by Reverend Fred Phelps
WBC will picket this pervert's funeral, in religious protest and
postecd this warning:
"Ledger thought it was great fun defying God Almighty and His plan
word. Ledger is now in Hell, and has begin serving his eternal
sentence there."
Dr.Hal0nf1r£$
More illiterate uneducated "Xians" I note. - Westboro Baptist are assholes
anyway.
John Baker
I recently watched a TV program titled 'The Most Hated Family in
America', about Phelps and his band of loons. I've never before in my
life seen such sickening, disgusting, evil people.
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Ken
The got their fundy asses sued for 10.9 million bucks last Oct.
Haven't heard if they've even paid a penny yet. (Just like OJ)
BALTIMORE, Maryland (AP) -- A grieving father won a nearly $11 million
verdict Wednesday against a fundamentalist Kansas church that pickets
military funerals in the belief that the war in Iraq is a punishment
for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality.
A member of Westboro Baptist Church protests outside a veteran's
hospital in Maywood, Illinois, in April 2006.
Albert Snyder of York, Pennsylvania, sued the Westboro Baptist Church
for unspecified damages after members demonstrated at the March 2006
funeral of his son, Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, who was killed in Iraq.
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.
U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett noted the size of the award for
compensating damages "far exceeds the net worth of the defendants,"
according to financial statements filed with the court.
Church members routinely picket funerals of military personnel killed
in Iraq and Afghanistan, carrying signs such as "Thank God for dead
soldiers" and "God hates fags."
A number of states have passed laws regarding funeral protests, and
Congress has passed a law prohibiting such protests at federal
cemeteries.
But the Maryland lawsuit is believed to be the first filed by the
family of a fallen serviceman.
The church and three of its leaders -- the Rev. Fred Phelps and his
two daughters, Shirley Phelps-Roper and Rebecca Phelps-Davis, 46 --
were found liable for invasion of privacy and intent to inflict
emotional distress.
Snyder claimed the protests intruded upon what should have been a
private ceremony and sullied his memory of the event.
The church members testified they are following their religious
beliefs by spreading the message that the deaths of soldiers are due
to the nation's tolerance of homosexuality.
Their attorneys argued in closing statements Tuesday that the burial
was a public event and that even abhorrent points of view are
protected by the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech
and religion.
The judge said the church's financial statements, sealed earlier,
could be released to the plaintiffs.
Earlier, church members staged a demonstration outside the federal
courthouse.
Church founder Fred Phelps held a sign reading "God is your enemy,"
while Shirley Phelps-Roper stood on an American flag and carried a
sign that read "God hates fag enablers."
Members of the group sang "God Hates America" to the tune of "God
Bless America."
Snyder sobbed when he heard the verdict, while members of the church
greeted the news with tightlipped smiles.