In a very disgraceful move by the 4th Federal Court of Appeals, a father of a fallen marine has been ordered to pay the terrorist group, the Westboro Church, their attorney's fees from a lawsuit the father had filed when the terrorists terrorized his son's funeral.
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.
"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#ixzz0jgTk0lKz
The so-called judges in this case are a disgrace to the United States judicial system. Not only did they order the father to pay, they didn't even give a reason for it.
It's cases like this that piss off Americans towards the government.
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This is too much to take. What has happened to our country?? If I were this dad I would tell that bunch of complete idiots to go and do the impossible to themselves. Enough is enough! After going through the hell of losing their brave son, they're supposed to shell out 16,000 dollars to these losers for their court costs. I don't think so! If things like this continue to happen, there will be a revolt. I'm all for freedom of speech but this goes way beyond and how these buffoons can live with themselves is impossible to fathom.
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