A day that is long overdue: Jurors award father nearly $11 million in suit against Phelpses.
A Maryland jury awarded $11 million to a father whose Marine son's funeral was picketed by Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church. One of the father's attorney's called the church a “71-member cult.” Church members claim that the verdict will "have no effect on their brand of proselytizing:"
"Monday the church faxed out fliers that they would picket the Friday funeral of a Norton, Kan., soldier killed in a Humvee rollover at Fort Riley.
The flier declared: “Thank God for Renegade Humvees” and “God Himself Has Now Become America’s Terrorist, Killing and Maiming American Troops … With Their Own War Toys.”"
For more about Phelps, look here and here.
Go Maryland!
Image from MSNBC
