Help Fight Phelps

Linus · 03-31-2010, 06:55 AM

If you've never heard of Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church, you may want to read the full article below. And if you can spare a few dollars, please help the father fight them and prevent them from further picketing funerals of soldiers. It's hard enough for valiant men and women, regardless of sexual orientation, to go to war. Their families suffer enough when they come back in a body bag. They don't need this as well.

http://www.matthewsnyder.org/help.html (donation info can be found here)

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(CNN) -- The father of a Marine whose funeral was picketed by the Westboro Baptist Church says an order to pay the protesters' legal costs in a civil claim is nothing less than a "slap in the face."

"By the court making this decision, they're not only telling me that they're taking their side, but I have to pay them money to do this to more soldiers and their families," said Albert Snyder, whose son, Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, was killed in action in Iraq in 2006.

Members of the fundamentalist church based in Topeka, Kansas, appeared outside Snyder's funeral in 2006 in Westminster, Maryland, carrying signs reading "You're going to hell," "God hates you" and "Thank God for dead soldiers."

Kenna · 03-31-2010, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Linus

If you've never heard of Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church, you may want to read the full article below. And if you can spare a few dollars, please help the father fight them and prevent them from further picketing funerals of soldiers. It's hard enough for valiant men and women, regardless of sexual orientation, to go to war. Their families suffer enough when they come back in a body bag. They don't need this as well.

http://www.matthewsnyder.org/help.html (donation info can be found here)

Thanks Linus!!
I just found this on our PennLive.com site...
"Morning news links: Fundraising efforts pick up for York County dad in court battle with church members who picketed his Marine son's funeral"
http://www.ydr.com/ci_14792079

Mitmo01 · 03-31-2010, 09:36 AM

someone needs to drop that mofo off the face of the earth
Ive had the pleasure of seeing them in person at two universities and its always so funny because people are screaming right back in all of thier faces and they just keep comin back like cockroaches

they are all idiots

Andrew, Jr. · 03-31-2010, 09:48 AM

Phelps and his crew were at a local Church protesting where a soldier was being buried. His viewing and service were in town, but his wishes were to be buried at Arlington (thank God). I think if Phelps got ahold of where his remains were, they would have been vandalized if here in town.

I am very surprised that nobody has taken Phelps out. Very surprised. That man is reaps hate.

AtLast · 03-31-2010, 11:28 AM

I don't think as a parent, that I could have restrained myself if my son came home to me in a coffin from a war in which he died doing what he believed to be right and this happened due to his sexuality.

There is a bit of Ellie Nestler in me........... I think I would have hunted this SOB down and blown him away.

Now, when I read my own words, here, I am shocked because I know it would be the wrong thing to do, but, I think I would have been pushed far beyond my peace loving threshold!

The_Lady_Snow · 03-31-2010, 11:36 AM

Phelps is not what we have to worry about as much, he founded the hate, the bullshit, the wackiness, has passed that down to his kids, we have GENERATIONS of Phelps to fight........ The old man will die soon, and he has left quite the legacy of hate.......

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