(CNN) -- 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."There's precious little in the way of reporting to this story - they quote the Phelps' legal representation (one of them) who waxes all eloquently about freedom of speech, yet they don't explain why the father is responsible for their legal costs. This is a parasitic group that's made quite a nice life for themselves by making asses of themselves and then suing folks for reacting.
"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.
Shame, shame on the judge who issued this ruling - particularly the fine. He most certainly could have ruled that the father was responsible for the costs incurred - and then fined him a token fee, ideally whatever the cost of the initial filing and nothing more. The father had a rock-solid, legitimate complaint for emotional distress - this wasn't a hot-coffee-in-the-lap BS lawsuit here. He didn't file a frivolous suit with veiled hopes of a payday - this is a man who suffered greatly at the hands of the Phelps mafia.
There is a bright spot - the American Legion has stepped up to the plate to cover Snyder's fees, and Michelle Malkin brings the bright spotlight of Hot Air on the story. Donations are rolling in (see Malkin's site if you'd like to donate) and it's quite likely that Mr. Snyder will not have to front any cash for this miscarriage of justice. I firmly hope that when Mr. Snyder reaches the total for the fees, he has it converted into pennies and drops it off at the Phelps compound via dumptruck.
And if Phelps himself has the bad luck to be underneath said dumptruck, well...
That is all.
6 comments:
Not a bad start, but airdropping the pennies all across the compound would be much more... amusing.
Hey Jay check this out..
Bill O'Reilly is gonna pay it.
http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2010/03/oreilly-awesome-offers-to-pay-after-marines-father-is-ordered-to-cover-funeral-protesters-fees.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qKPka-cwwA
the American Legion has stepped up to the plate to cover Snyder's fees,
Lot of that going around. Bill O'Reilly has made the same pledge. O'Reilly is a stupid blowhard, but every now and then he gets something right.
Can someone explain to me (since I must have been living under a rock) why the father of the deceased Marine has to pay the court costs for the some nut job that was protesting at his son's funeral?
We need to rebut Westboro's speech with some speech of our own. And a flamethrower.
And if they survive that, we need to have homosexual men tongue-kissing each other on the sidewalk outside their church.
I'm all for airdroping it in pennies, preferably sans parachute.
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