From the January-February issue of the VVA Veteran news magazine.
Letters
I read the recent article about a Westboro, Kansas, Baptist Church protest group that picketed the funeral of Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, a Marine killed in Iraq. These protesters carried signs saying “Thank God for dead soldiers,” and claimed it was their constitutional right to protest. Evidently their church doesn’t teach anything about respect for others’ feelings, or compassion for their fellow man. I also would like to know where in the Constitution it says this type of behavior is granted.
Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder’s father took the protesters to court, and won an $11 million judgment against the church. He said his reason for taking court action was not the money, but so other victims would have the opportunity to win judgments against this type of improper protest,
I don’t think anyone who calls himself a Christian would commit such a despicable, ignorant act. Shame on them. Their actions border on treason.
Lance Cpl. Snyder is a hero and a son of liberty. He and his family are owed more than can be imagined.
William T. Bradley
Adams, Massachusetts
Well…It’s the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, KS, my hometown. Yeah, we’re all real proud of that distinction.
The leader of this auspicious CULT is a troll named Fred and his flock is, basically, his retarded family. I swear, what you see, if you have had the misfortune to cast your eyes upon this blight on humanity, is the entire “congregation”.
Fred has this…thing…about homosexuals and that’s the root of his hating the defenders of the republic (that he thinks protects gays).
In the words of Shakespeare he “doth protest too much, methinks”.
These human doodies are, I think, clearly protected by the first amendment.
The answer lies in states rights, which I hope you are aware, can legislate that these maggots cannot protest within, say, a mile of a funeral, or wedding, or any of those “personal” events to families. Another idea for a state law or local ordinance would be to clearly define all funerals as private events and off limits to “public protest”.
Not one of the Phelps cabal could man or woman up to the shadow of Matthew Snyder’s memory. So they wait… for the next opportunity for a payday, the lawsuit they think they might win.
gm
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Know them by their fruit. These nuts have, over 20-30 years, done nothing to build up, improve, or enhance their community. They only know one thing, ATTEMPTING to tear down. One would think they'd have tired of working so hard without ever creating anything of worth. They epitomize the old definition of insanity - doing the same thing over and over, looking for different results.
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