Yes! Father of Dead Marine Suing Anti-Gay Scum

The Westboro Baptist "Church", the vicious, hate-filled group of violently anti-gay "Christians" that regularly disrupts military funerals with their sick protests, is being sued by the angry father of a Marine who died in combat. Key facts:

On March 3, 2006, Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew A. Snyder was killed in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. His father, Albert Snyder, buried him on March 20 at St. John's Catholic Church in Westminster, Md.. It was supposed to be a peaceful, private ceremony. But the funeral was interrupted by members of the church. "The protesters — Westboro Baptist Church — showed up with their signs, their hatred," Snyder said. According to Snyder's attorney Sean Summers, the demonstrators bore their infamous "God Hates Fags" signs, as well as a lesser used "Semper Fi Fags" sign, particularly offensive to the dead Marine's family.

Though [church spokesperson] Phelps-Roper maintains that the protesters "were hundreds — hundreds — of yards from where the funeral was," Snyder was forced to travel past them to enter.

"To be honest with you, I tried not to focus on (the protest), and more on my son," he said. But according to the lawsuit, the church's presence was emotionally damaging to the already grieving father. Postings by Phelps-Roper on the church's Web site following the protest that claimed Snyder "taught Matthew to defy his Creator, to divorce, and to commit adultery," and "raised him for the devil," further added to the father's pain. The lawsuit says Westboro knowingly violated Snyder's privacy, defamed him and was an intentional infliction of emotional distress against the bereaved father. In addition to general damages, the lawsuit is seeking punitive damages against the church to act as a deterrent against future protests.

These Phelps people are pure, sick, screwed up slime. They are the lowest of the low. Let's hope and pray that Snyder wins his lawsuit and gets punitive damages that will tear the financial guts out of the Westboro bastards.