Funeral Protesters may indeed have the right to free speech. They may indeed have the ability to say what they want, when they want and where they want. They may also be the most vile and despicable people on the face of the Earth...and some people have just had enough of it.

Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder of York, PA was killed in Iraq on June 5th of this year. His funeral was picketed by the fanatics from the Westboro Baptist Church (feel free to Google the actual website yourself) in Baltimore, KS. Rev. Fred Phelps claims that soldiers and marines killed in Iraq are God's way of punishing the U.S. for "supporting" homosexuality.

In a truly abyssmal and tasteless display, pictures from the funeral were posted on the Church's website after the funeral. Who in the hell do these people think they are? It's like some nutjob killing a Doctor so he won't perform any abortions.

The father of Snyder filed suit claiming the Church hindered their right to privacy and defamed the Marine and his family by protesting and posting the pictures. The lawsuit defaulted to the Church since the God-Fearing Reverend decided to not show up to the court hearing and is being forced to pay $3,100+ in fines.

It's about damn time. Perhaps more families should stand up and run these jackasses right into the ground. A more deplorable aspect of humanity, I have never witnessed. 

Did THAT family "support" openly or otherwise, the cause they were protesting? And where in the hell did they make that connection anyway? The last time I checked, my friends who've died or been maimed were hit with IEDs planted by Muslim extremists...not thunder smote from Heaven.

Thank SOMEONE for the Patriot Guard Riders; born right here in Wichita, KS. They are the DEFINITE voice of reason that helps this wacked out pendulum swing back towards sanity.

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~Dubya