Father of dead Marine ordered to pay legal fees of Westobro Baptist (Congress, Denver)

[Zimbochick]

Here's a lot more information about the proceedings:

Dead Marine's father ordered to pay protesters' legal costs - CNN.com

[uggabugga]

Originally Posted by odanny

He flew around on his Gulfstream on your dime.

I'd be upset too, but then again, I'm much too smart to give to a charity ran by that chickenhawk loudmouth coward.

not a scintilla of proof? color me shocked.

my dime, huh? you mean he used taxpayer money? link please.

[CMichele]

I was attempting to read this story on CNN earlier this morning.

I still can't wrap my mind around this. This is just sickening.

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by Upton

Outrageous...any of you wingnuts happy with this decision? Care to defend Phelps and these pigs?

You've tried to justify everything else, including the OKC bombing. So, I'm sure this shouldn't be too much of a stretch..

Father Of Dead Marine Ordered To Pay Legal Fees Of Westobro Baptist Church Protesters

Evidently he's taking it to the Supreme Court. So that will decide once and for all how Westboro Church can demonstrate.

"The justices will be asked to address how far states and private entities such as cemeteries and churches can go to justify picket-free zones and the use of 'floating buffers' to silence or restrict speech or movements of demonstrators exercising their constitutional rights in a funeral setting."

Dead Marine's father ordered to pay protesters' legal costs - CNN.com

^ link to the Snyders' page, there.

But, "[b]oth Phelps['s] and Snyder's attorney[s] said they were surprised that the 4th District chose to weigh in on the issue of legal costs when they could have waited until after the Supreme Court hearing."

[LNTT_Vacationer]

Originally Posted by gentlearts

What makes those men, women and children line up along a roadside to taunt mourners? What could be going on in their minds?

What makes those who taunt Rove at book signings and various conservative speakers? It's just something they do.

[HeyHolliday!]

Christians at their best

[The Dissenter]

Dead Marine's father ordered to pay protesters' legal costs - CNN.com

The father of a Marine whose funeral was picketed by the Westboro Baptist Church says an order to pay the protesters' legal costs in a civil claim is nothing less than a "slap in the face."

"By the court making this decision, they're not only telling me that they're taking their side, but I have to pay them money to do this to more soldiers and their families," said Albert Snyder, whose son, Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, was killed in action in Iraq in 2006.

This is just wrong!

[lmkcin]

I couldn't decide what upset me more:

The fact this "Church" (I use the term loosely) did what they did or the court makes the father pay their court fees.

Simply diplorable.

[vkhmini]

Originally Posted by lmkcin

I couldn't decide what upset me more:

The fact this "Church" (I use the term loosely) did what they did or the court makes the father pay their court fees.

Simply diplorable.

x 50,000

[cat1116]

Originally Posted by lmkcin

I couldn't decide what upset me more:

The fact this "Church" (I use the term loosely) did what they did or the court makes the father pay their court fees.

Simply diplorable.

Only in a twisted society this has become. Sad.
I've read comments here and on other sites that people should go to the funerals of WestBoro Church members and picket them but it'll probably get turned against the protestors in WestBoro's favor. I guess funeral and respect thereof are only taught in certain churches?