Disgusting Group Turns Marine Funeral Into a “Circus”

Posted on October 25, 2007

The most ignorant and disrespectful things a person can do is desecrate a grave and hold a protest at a funeral, especially the funeral of a military member that has given their life for our country.

Yet time and time again we see graves and veterans memorials vandalized and protests held at funerals by anti-American hatemongers that wouldn’t know what the word respect meant if it kicked them in the face.

The father of a Marine killed in Iraq took the stand today in his invasion of privacy suit against a fundamentalist church that pickets soldiers’ funerals, saying protesters carrying signs at his son’s burial made him sick to his stomach.

Albert Snyder said he had hoped for a private funeral for his son, Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder.

“They turned this funeral into a media circus and they wanted to hurt my family,” Snyder testified. “They wanted their message heard and they didn’t care who they stepped over. My son should have been buried with dignity, not with a bunch of clowns outside.”

Ignorant. Disrespectful. Classless.

These pathetic excuses for human beings are worse than the crap I wipe off my shoe after stepping in dog crap.<[edited]

Snyder is suing the Westboro Baptist Church, whose members have picketed the funerals of military personnel killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, claiming the deaths are punishment for the country’s tolerance of homosexuality. The York, Pa., resident is seeking unspecified monetary damages in the case for invasion of privacy and intent to inflict emotional distress as a result of the Topeka, Kan., church’s protest at his son’s funeral in Westminster in March 2006.

The church’s protests have inspired several state laws and a federal law about funeral protests, but the Maryland suit is believed to be the first filed by the family of a fallen service member.

Asked today about a sign that read “Thank God for dead soldiers,” Snyder said he thinks about it daily.

“I see that sign when I lay in bed,” Snyder said.

There are no words to aptly describe my disgust with these individuals. They are even thanking their god for the California fires!

Read the whole article…

Hat Tip to Take Our Country Back for pointing me towards this article.

Cross posted from Wake up America

Michelle Malkin blogged on this yesterday and links to how you can help.

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9 Responses to “Disgusting Group Turns Marine Funeral Into a “Circus””

Mike Jay on October 25th, 2007 7:09 pm

Sorry but this needs attention.

http://thepeoplespeakoutblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/in-honor-of-lt-michael-murphy.html#links
Snooper on October 25th, 2007 9:19 pm

They are scum unworthy to suck in American air molecules.
Jay on October 25th, 2007 9:43 pm

I fixed it for you.
Lord NazhÂ© on October 25th, 2007 10:23 pm

Thanks Jay no idea why I always get the ‘you dont’ have permission’ error from those guys >
The Sanity Inspector on October 25th, 2007 11:16 pm

Too bad Noel Gallagher can’t always have these creeps on his show in exchange for not picketing funerals
Buffalo on October 26th, 2007 12:41 pm

Fred Phelps has a long history of bizarre behavior. After reading his bio I have to wonder if he is homosexual.
Mike H. on October 26th, 2007 8:37 pm

Buffalo, he might be, but he *is* a liberal donator. A sleeper as it were.
Fountleroy K. Nguyen on October 27th, 2007 1:10 am

The fanatic some times they do thing by ungry, jealous, hatred. Basically they don,t have source
to justify compare which one was right/wrong.