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The Rev. Fred Phelps and family may have finally done themselves in. He had a winner when he was "only" picking on gay people, sadly. He garnered a lot of press, ticked a lot of gay people off, but the law pretty much left him alone. Of course, it doesn't hurt that he and nearly his entire family are lawyers, if you can believe it. Of course, Phred is disbarred.
Anyway, once they branched out to protesting soldiers' funerals, it was only a matter of time before their comeuppance. And the uppance did come, and how. Maybe this will finally drive the crazy old coot, and his equally crazy family/congregation completely out of the limelight.
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Jury awards father nearly $11 million in funeral protesters case
The father of a fallen Marine was awarded nearly $11 million Wednesday in damages by a jury that found leaders of a Kansas church had invaded the family's privacy and inflicted emotional distress when they picketed the Marine's funeral.
The jury awarded $2.9 million in compensatory damages and $8 million in punitive damages, $6 million for invasion of privacy and $2 million for causing emotional distress to the Marine's father, Albert Snyder of York, Pa. . .
Read all about it at: AOL News
And for a whole lot of background, try this: Fred Phelps Expose
The Rev. Fred Phelps and family may have finally done themselves in. He had a winner when he was "only" picking on gay people, sadly. He garnered a lot of press, ticked a lot of gay people off, but the law pretty much left him alone. Of course, it doesn't hurt that he and nearly his entire family are lawyers, if you can believe it. Of course, Phred is disbarred.
Anyway, once they branched out to protesting soldiers' funerals, it was only a matter of time before their comeuppance. And the uppance did come, and how. Maybe this will finally drive the crazy old coot, and his equally crazy family/congregation completely out of the limelight.
[Excerpt]
Jury awards father nearly $11 million in funeral protesters case
The father of a fallen Marine was awarded nearly $11 million Wednesday in damages by a jury that found leaders of a Kansas church had invaded the family's privacy and inflicted emotional distress when they picketed the Marine's funeral.
The jury awarded $2.9 million in compensatory damages and $8 million in punitive damages, $6 million for invasion of privacy and $2 million for causing emotional distress to the Marine's father, Albert Snyder of York, Pa. . .
Read all about it at: AOL News
And for a whole lot of background, try this: Fred Phelps Expose
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