Westboro Baptist Church Sued By Father Of Marine Killed In Iraq

If you don't know about the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), that's great. It means they're not as effective as they think they are. In reality, they are nothing more than a group of inbred nutjobs. They have a history of demonstrating at the funerals of troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. They wave posters at the funerals that say things like, "Thank God for IED's" and "Thank God for dead soldiers".

I hope the father of that Marine wins the suit and sucks every last penny out of the pockets of those lunatics. What would be even better is a class-action lawsuit with all the families that have had funerals picketed by the WBC getting money.

The family of a Marine killed in Iraq has sued a Baptist church for picketing their son's funeral and is turning to the Internet to drum up support. Albert Snyder, the father of fallen Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, took the stand this week in the Baltimore trial against the Westboro Baptist Church and testified that protesters waving signs at Matthew's burial made him nauseous. He'd wanted a private service for his son. "They turned this funeral into a media circus and they wanted to hurt my family," Snyder said on the stand Wednesday. "They wanted their message heard and they didn't care who they stepped over. My son should have been buried with dignity, not with a bunch of clowns outside." The Snyder family's suit against the church — whose members have picketed the funerals of military personnel killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, claiming the deaths are punishment for the country's tolerance of homosexuality — could cost close to $100,000, the law firm representing them said. That's why Albert Snyder is asking for the community's help on the Web site www.matthewsnyder.org.

 

 ***UPDATE 11/01/07 11:57PM***

The Snyder family wins $10.9M from the WBC. Personally, I don't think it's enough.