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Funeral protesters to be sued for emotional harm
Carroll County Times ^ | 6/4/06 | Isaac Baker

Posted on 06/04/2006 4:22:58 AM PDT by Elkiejg

The father of a Westminster Marine killed in Iraq is planning to file a civil lawsuit against a religious extremist group that picketed at his son's funeral.

The suit, to be filed in the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt on Monday morning, will claim the protesters intentionally disrupted the funeral of Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder in March and inflicted emotional harm on the family, according to Sean Summers, a York, Pa.-based lawyer involved in the case.

Albert Snyder will be suing the Rev. Fred Phelps and unnamed members of his Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church for defamation, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress, Summers said Friday.

Members of the church picketed outside of St. John Catholic Church during Snyder's funeral service, displaying signs that read "Thank God for dead soldiers," and "Semper Fi Fags." The group claims the death of Snyder and other U.S. troops is God's retribution for what it calls America's tolerance of homosexual activity.

Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder died in a noncombat vehicle accident in the Al Anbar province of Iraq on March 3.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: fallen; fredphelps; lawsuit; militaryfamilies; pennsylvania; phelps
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Good for the Snyder family - Phelps and his group are scum and belong in jail.

This is a small town northwest of Baltimore MD - hopefully this is happening all across the country.

1 posted on 06/04/2006 4:23:02 AM PDT by Elkiejg
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To: Elkiejg

Finally!!!


2 posted on 06/04/2006 4:23:45 AM PDT by GiovannaNicoletta
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To: Elkiejg

I Pray they win. Good against evil!


3 posted on 06/04/2006 4:26:27 AM PDT by stopem (God Bless the U.S.A the Troops who protect her, and their Commander In Chief !)
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To: Elkiejg

I have to wonder about the religious group.

They're so tacky they seem like genuine liberal plants. I'm glad they're getting sued though. And when God gets around to punishing people for being homosexuals, I think he's going to stick to just punishing homosexuals... after they're dead, buried, and brought before him for judgment.


4 posted on 06/04/2006 4:33:28 AM PDT by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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To: Elkiejg

This is way, way overdue, and the way to handle these scum - not by passing yet another law.


5 posted on 06/04/2006 4:39:17 AM PDT by Northern Alliance
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To: Elkiejg

It's an absolute shame this family must to continue to fight.


6 posted on 06/04/2006 4:43:07 AM PDT by freema (Proud Marine FRiend, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
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To: Elkiejg

About time.


7 posted on 06/04/2006 4:44:25 AM PDT by MrCruncher
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To: coconutt2000

Oh my GOd, how can you be so biased against a group only trying to be accepted for their depraved immoral and perverted lifestyle?


8 posted on 06/04/2006 4:46:51 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (an enemy of islam)
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To: coconutt2000

Oh my GOd, how can you be so biased against a group only trying to be accepted for their depraved immoral and perverted lifestyle?


9 posted on 06/04/2006 4:46:52 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (an enemy of islam)
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To: Elkiejg

Can I be on the jury, please?


10 posted on 06/04/2006 4:51:31 AM PDT by elli1
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To: Elkiejg

Greenbelt is actually South of Baltimore, but thst isnt a big deal

I hope when the suit is over this man is awarded any property owned by the church, and property owned by Phelps and phelps is left standing on the street in his skivvies.


11 posted on 06/04/2006 4:57:11 AM PDT by sgtbono2002
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To: elli1

bttt...Finally!


12 posted on 06/04/2006 4:57:44 AM PDT by Guenevere
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Not only Phelps, but any of his followers that have participated
in any of these disgraceful protests. Facial recognition software
should be used to catalog these idiots, and they should be
put on permanent file as enemies within......

Harsh ?? you betcha, when the enemy starts a knife fight,
you have to have a gun, to finish the job as fast as possible.
13 posted on 06/04/2006 5:18:59 AM PDT by ThreePuttinDude ()....no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself...... ()
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To: Elkiejg
This group has been pushing, hoping for a violent reaction so they can sue.
Poetic justice to see them getting hit with a lawsuit.
14 posted on 06/04/2006 5:32:03 AM PDT by kanawa
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To: GiovannaNicoletta

The problem with litigation with the Phelps, they have bred multiple lawyers within their ranks. Fred Phelps is disbarred (probably still so, but I'm unsure of current Bar status)but several others are viraciously litigious. They fight dirty, even according to local courts.

See http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?sid=184

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/michael_haggerty/expose3.htm

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=21229


15 posted on 06/04/2006 6:00:06 AM PDT by jmq (Islam=Religion of Peace)
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Not only Phelps, but any of his followers that have participated in any of these disgraceful protests

They're all his family. And lawyers, to boot

16 posted on 06/04/2006 6:43:28 AM PDT by digger48
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To: jmq

1988
Phelps provides rooms for Democrat Al Gore's presidential campaign workers. Though the Phelps-Gore connection will grow increasingly distant, Phelps' oldest son, Fred Jr., is invited to the first Clinton-Gore inauguration in 1993.

By 1998, Gore will be seen as such an enemy by WBC that its members picket the funeral of Gore's father.


17 posted on 06/04/2006 6:47:26 AM PDT by digger48
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To: Elkiejg

What is with these nutjobs from the Westboro Baptist Church? One of the messages of the Gospel is treating others with compassion. Jesus himself wept when he heard of Lazarus' death. Apparently their reading of the scripture omits these points.


18 posted on 06/04/2006 6:49:44 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("Mir wölle bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
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To: digger48

Probably the most definitive web summary of helps is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Phelps. I cannot believe this poor fellow. Without a doubt he is a very disturbed fellow.


19 posted on 06/04/2006 7:00:45 AM PDT by jmq (Islam=Religion of Peace)
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To: digger48

opps try this one on Freddie

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geuony54JE234Boi9XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTB2bzBpdmkxBGNvbG8DZQRsA1dTMQRwb3MDNQRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZAM-/SIG=121dqvoel/EXP=1149516146/**http%3a//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rev._Fred_Phelps


20 posted on 06/04/2006 7:03:55 AM PDT by jmq (Islam=Religion of Peace)
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