Jury sees video of funeral protest (Westboro Baptist case now with jury)

Baltimore Sun ^ | 10/31/07 | Matthew Dolan

[Nextrush]

The father of a young Marine killed in Iraq wept repeatedly in federal court in Baltimore yesterday as a jury watched video images of members of a Kansas church protesting the military's inclusion of homosexuals by picketing his son's Westminster funeral. The videos provided an emotional ending to the evidence portion of the weeklong trial in U.S. District Court. Albert Snyder of York, PA, the Marine's father, is attempting to be the first in the nation to hold members of the Topeka-based Westboro Baptist Church legally liable for their shock protests at military funerals... Nine jurors spent about two hours yesterday deliberating before Judge Richard D. Bennett dismissed them for the day. The jury of five women and four men are set to return to court this morning to decide the fate of the invasion of privacy lawsuit........

[af_vet_rr]

They won - 2.9 million against the Westboro Baptist idiots:

Baltimore Sun

Punitive damages haven't been decided, but the father gets 2.9 in compensatory damages. Hopefully this will shut them down, or if they come up with the money, expose who is behind them..

[murron]

They’ll probably appeal it up to the Supreme Court.

[art_rocks]

Why, the First Amendment protects you from the government not another citizen.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Maryland “Freak State” PING!