The mere mention of the Phelps Cult (it’s not a Church… call it what it is) gets my blood boiling. If they spewed their disgusting, vile, poison in private I could ignore it, but they choose to torture families who are in a deep state of grief. It exposes the cult-followers for the cowardly liars they are, but it also exposes our military families to the cult’s disgusting display of idiocy when our military parents, spouses and children are at their lowest point — as they are saying their final good-bye to their beloved soldier.
Government should not stop the exercise of the freedom of speech this wretched cult practices — because we all know it would not stop there. That’s a slippery slope covered in banana peels I would never want to go down.
HOWEVER…
I absolutely believe that families who are caused emotional turmoil and grief over these idiots exercising their rights should be allowed to sue them in civil court for damages. Yes free speech is a right and with any right you have responsibilities. If you want to behave like a raging a–hole then you deserve to be sued like one.
Show them the same mercy in court that they have shown to our grieving families — none.
I think that’s all I had better say. This is a public blog and I am a lady. I am glad I have Aikido class tonight so I can punch the crap out of a punching bag.
Justices to hear case involving Fred Phelps’ protests at military funerals
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By DAVID KLEPPER
The Star’s Topeka correspondentTOPEKA | The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case involving Fred Phelps and his Topeka congregation, whose protests at military funerals have angered families across the country.
The court said it would consider an appeal from the father of a slain Marine who hopes to reinstate a $5 million verdict against the Topeka-based Westboro Baptist Church.
Albert Snyder of York, Pa., successfully sued the church in a Maryland federal court in 2007 arguing its funeral protest was an invasion of privacy that caused his family emotional distress.
But last fall an appeals court reversed the $5 million verdict, ruling the church’s protests were protected by the First Amendment. The Supreme Court will hear Snyder’s appeal this fall.
“It’s freedom of speech to some,” said Snyder, whose son Matthew was killed in Iraq. “To me it’s not what my son fought for. They’re kicking people in the face when they’re already down on the ground. All I was trying to do was bury my son.”
