Nicole, it is not about God with them, it is about money. They go to certain events and cause a passive uproar, The minute they are threatened they file charges and then sue the person. THAT is how they make their money. The church is just a front.
I was coming out of West Point a couple of years ago and they were demonstrating outside the main gate. I had to stop. While talking to one of the cops that was monitoring the situation, he explained this to me.
These nasty scumbags are at it again, Supreme Court, a waste of time, sometimes it is not about free speech, it is about maintaining the dignity of a human soul.
The ACLU has an important place in this country, however they are now just being part of the problem not the answer, defending this church's actions shows that it is not the principle of the matter but the exposer that a matter will get for you.
As for the Liberty Counsel that is now so vehemently defending the Phelps clan, I assure you that when the public is made aware of your actions that your funding will go away quickly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Counsel Send these guys some letters, tell them how you feel.
http://www.lc.org/
Mailing Address: PO Box 540774, Orlando, FL 32854. Telephone: 800-671-1776. Email:
Liberty@LC.org
Phelps church needs to be recognized not as a church but a cult, they hold no redeeming value for this society, they are only self serving closeted fags that are terrified that they will burn for their actions and be tortured for eternity for their private lives which are filled with homosexual activities. I ask you Phelps, in the eye of the man that holds a gun to your head, will you ask GOD to save you, well it is too late Phelps, for at that moment GOD has sent another to be your judge. Phelps, I hope that when you are terminated from this earth that you lay in agony helpless for many an hour while passer by's spit on you, you nasty scumbag.
Supreme Court battle: Free speech vs. funeral sanctity
Albert Snyder v. Fred Phelps case due in court
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-->The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in one of the most high-profile cases of the term, Snyder v. Phelps.
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On one side is Albert Snyder, the father of a Marine who was killed in Iraq and whose funeral was picketed by the anti-gay fundamentalist Westboro <BANNER id=__gelement_adbanner_0 position="ArticleFlex_1"></BANNER>Baptist Church. On the other side is Fred Phelps, the Westboro pastor who seeks national publicity for his opposition to gay rights.
The fight between a bereaved father and provocative pastor has turned into a major test of speech rights vs. safeguards for the sanctity of military funerals. Snyder won a $5 million verdict against Phelps and his followers for his distress, but a federal appeals court overturned it on First Amendment grounds.
Fourteen sets of outside groups have submitted "friend of the court" briefs to offer their views in Snyder v. Phelps. Here is how they line up:
Siding with Snyder@:
-- Sens. Harry Reid, D-Nev., Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and 40 other members of the U.S. Senate
-- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
-- The American Legion
-- The John Marshall Law School Veterans Legal Support Center and Clinic (based in Chicago) and Chicago School of Professional Psychology
-- Kansas and 47 other states and the District of Columbia
Siding with Phelps@:
-- American Civil Liberties Union and American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland
-- Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression (based in Charlottesville, Va.), the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project (at the University of Florida in Gainesville), National Coalition Against Censorship (based in New York), the Pennsylvania Center for the First Amendment (based at Pennsylvania State University)
-- Scholars of First Amendment Law, including University of Missouri law professor Christina Wells and University of Denver law professor Alan Chen
-- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 21 news organizations (USA TODAY and its parent, Gannett, are not part of the case.)
-- Liberty Counsel, a conservative group specializing in issues of religious freedom
-- Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (based in Philadelphia) and law professors Ash Bhagwat (at the University of California-Hastings College of Law), David Post (at Temple University in Philadelphia) and others
