Damn I hate these people.
Marine's dad ordered to pay protesters' court fees
The Associated Press
BALTIMORE - The father of a Marine killed in Iraq and whose funeral was picketed by anti-gay protesters from Kansas was ordered to pay the protesters' appeal costs, his lawyers said Monday.
On Friday, Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ordered Snyder to pay $16,510 to Fred Phelps. Phelps is the leader of Topeka's Westboro Baptist Church, which conducted protests at Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder's funeral in 2006.
The two-page decision supplied by attorneys for Albert Snyder of York, Pa., offered no details on how the court came to its decision.
Attorneys also said Snyder is struggling to come up with fees associated with filing a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court.
The decision adds "insult to injury," said Sean Summers, one of Snyder's lawyers.
The high court agreed to consider whether the protesters' message is protected by the First Amendment or limited by the competing privacy and religious rights of the mourners.
Read more: http://www.kansas.com/2010/03/29/1246609/marines-dad-ordered-to-pay-protesters.html#ixzz0jgF1j78W
Why is the father of the Marine who's funeral they protested being ordered to pay their court fees? I thought this case was over and the father had won the suit, what happened? Yes I know its a bad article, not much information; only enough to get your blood boiling.
One commentor on the site had a very good point, What if I stood outside the NAACP all day screaming "God hates N-words" all "N-words are going to hell". Wouldn't that be harassment and possibly a hate crime? Heck wasn't a 16 year old kid arrested for asking "All black people to leave" at walmart not more than a month ago?
Then why is it legal to protest a funeral and shout even more insulting things to the grieving families of a fallen soldier? There is no legitimate reason to protest a funeral, I believe in the 1st just as strongly as all of you but this has nothing to do with peaceful assemble or petitioning the government hence it shouldn't fall under Constitution protection. Heck I have no problem with the KKK being given parade permits but this is just wrong. Its not censorship its harassment.
Al Snyder (the Marines father) has a web page with a legal defense fund which I encourage everyone to drop a few bucks into.
http://www.matthewsnyder.org/