I’m sure you’ve heard of the Westboro Baptist Church. Heck, I’ve even ranted about them before. Great folks, aren’t they? Got a habit of picketing the funerals of dead servicemen and servicewomen, claiming their deaths are a result of our tolerance of gays. That part is ironic enough. Clearly, they’ve never been to the South.
Anyways, someone finally up and sued them. A father of a fallen Marine sued the church for an unspecified amount of money for their invasion of the family’s privacy and “emotional distress” caused by the church picketing the Marine’s funeral. Normally I don’t like emotional distress suits (”You hurt my feelings, now give me money!”), but I think I can make an exception for this. As it is, punitive damages are doled out to prevent something from happening, and I think the amount awarded ($11 million) should discourage WBC and their “circus of hate” from ever going to Maryland again.
It should be noted that Westboro has nowhere near that amount of money. Shirley Phelps, the pastor’s daughter, had only $306 in her bank account, according to (questionable) financial papers. I wonder where they get the money for all the travel they do…
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