Posted on 12/12/2006 1:44:21 PM PST by llevrok
BALTIMORE -- A Kansas church has been ordered to pay $3,150 for costs and fees associated with a summons and complaint filed by the father of a Marine whose funeral was picketed by the extremist group.
Albert Snyder, of York, Pa., is suing the Rev. Fred Phelps and Westboro Baptist Church after church members demonstrated at the funeral of Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, of Westminster, and posted pictures of the protest on their Web site.
Lance Snyder was killed in Iraq in March. Members of the Topeka church claim U.S. soldiers are killed as God's punishment for America's tolerance of homosexuality.
His father's federal lawsuit, filed June 5, alleges church members violated the family's right to privacy and defamed the Marine and his family at the funeral and on the church's Web site.
Phelps and the church refused to grant a waiver in the serving of summonses in connection with the federal lawsuit, making the church liable for those costs.
Court documents say the church has 30 days to make the payment to Snyder.
BTTT!
Or maybe somebody who's just plain had enough of the guy.
Phelp- was-a-Gore-supporter bump
"of all of the Churches which have been burnt in the US in the last fifty years, its a continuing curiosity that theirs has not made the list. I've never advocated burning a church of any kind but if I did this would be at the top of the list."
See my previous post on this subject. Your response is precisely what Fred, the ACLU, and the GLBT alliance are hoping for. Fred's real message is Christians are evil homophobic bigots.
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