NEWS: Westboro Baptist Church Faces the Music

CULTURE: Westboro Baptist Church Faces the Music

Unless you've been living under a rock, you're probably familiar with the idiocy and attention-whoring of Fred Phelps and Westboro Baptist Church.



This group of homophobic lunatics have garnered notice for such acts as regularly protesting and picketing the funerals of soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq, and also for planning to picket the funeral of actor Heath Ledger ... you know, because he portrayed a homosexual in a movie.



Well, they're in the news again, but they're probably not enjoying this form of attention very much.



This past October, they were found liable for violating a family's right to privacy and intentionally inflicting emotional distress by protesting at the funeral of Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew A. Snyder - killed in action in Iraq in 2006.



Although the original civil court decision of $10.9M in damages was later reduced to $5M, the bill has come due and legal action has been taken to collect the judgment.

Hopefully, this is only the first of many hurdles - both legal and financial - that these wackjobs will face on their long overdue road to extinction.





[Hat tip: Stiles]

And the chickeeeeens...





...come home to ROOST!

This makes me so very happy.

oooo, they're losing all their shit? One of them must be gay.

let us hope there will be more

Taking away the bat cave! Could've have happened to a nice group of whackjobs.

Couldn't have, I meant to say. Darn that disappearing edit button!

Not to be too pedantic*, but they weren't found guilty, they were found liable. IIEC is not a crime, it's a tort.

Carry on.

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

*Please don't say anything about my mother.

Subrosa said:

crispy said:
This past October, they were found guilty of violating a family's right to privacy and intentionally inflicting emotional distress by protesting at the funeral of Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew A. Snyder - killed in action in Iraq in 2006.

Not to be too pedantic*, but they weren't found guilty, they were found liable. IIEC is not a crime, it's a tort.

Carry on.

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

*Please don't say anything about my mother.

Funny, because I originally wrote 'liable' and changed it.
I'm going to change it back, just because I can.



PS - Thanks!

Subrosa said:

crispy said:
This past October, they were found guilty of violating a family's right to privacy and intentionally inflicting emotional distress by protesting at the funeral of Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew A. Snyder - killed in action in Iraq in 2006.

Not to be too pedantic*, but they weren't found guilty, they were found liable. IIEC is not a crime, it's a tort.

Carry on.

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

*Please don't say anything about my mother.

Well, they're certainly guilty of being jerk-face bigots! Next case!!

I will not be satisfied until I get to see video of a gay black atheist kicking Fred Phelps in the balls. Repeatedly.

But, y'know, this is a good start.

I have always been fond of the theory that Fred Phelps was really an extreme performance artist, kind of like if Sascha Cohen was playing Borat all the time, and forgot that he ever had a separate identity.

This is good news.

I believe this thread is worthy of the "OH SNAP" .gif.

Don't have that one, will this do?

Guess they won't have gas money to go to all the military funerals when they have to pay off everything. Too bad.

Assholes like this always find a way to come back. I'm sure they'll be showing their glorious faces at another funeral soon.

I am all for free speech. I don't think anyone should be banned from expressing their opinions. I want to watch these people die slow, horrible deaths.

How do you solve such a conflict?

Find out their routes and create a traffic jam so they can't get there in time?

You picket their church.

With fire.

Sweet Jesus! Hallelujah!

i like this idea.

It's been tried. At least according to their own website (which I will not link to, as they are vile), there have been attempts to bomb their church before.

crispy for the record living under a rock would make you more not less likely to be very familiar with Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church.