KingOfPain wrote on Apr 1^st, 2010 at 12:04pm:

Ditto to that.
And the judge that ordered the father to pay should be removed from the bench.

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It was originally a judgment, but there is no mention of any $5 million paid having to be returned, probably withheld pending appeal. 

This $16,000 payment seems also a judgment, though the article states the $5 mil as a judgment and the reversal decision of $16,000 as a requirement for some reason, isn't it also a judgment and withholdable pending this appeal?


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I wonder why, but now they will.  Their opinions will be interesting.

I'd need help understanding this one.

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They don't give a rat's a$$ about other people's feelings. No empathy whatsoever. They have sold their souls to the devil.

They sleep fine in this life. Not sure about the next.

Thank you Matt - for being part of the Patriot Guard.  You, and all like you, are heaven sent - and are my heroes.

My hero, too Matt!  Thank you for putting yourselves between the sleezes of the world and those people who are devastated by the loss of a loved one.

I've read a little about the Westboro "Baptist" Church.  I cannot believe that mainstream true Baptists condone what this so called church is doing.  I think I read somewhere that the church has less than 100 members, all of whom are related to the founder (inbreeding?).

What a bunch of - I'm too much of a lady to say that word, plus DJ would probably put me in time out.

Sandy

Thanks Matt!  You guys in IL were there when a friend of my daughter's was buried a couple of years ago.  I made it a point to not only shake hands with and thank the Marines on Honor Guard but also each of the Vets in the Patriot Guard who rarely if ever were thanked for the job they did while serving.  You guys are why we still have a country.

What really burns me is the way the media portrays the "protesters" as "Christian Fundamentalists".  They are neither!  I am a Christian fundamentalist, which simply means I believe in the fundamentals of the Scriptural teaching.  I believe it to be inerrant and inspired by God and attempt to follow it as best I can.  These idiots use the church as a tax-exempt smoke screen to hide behind and to claim "religious liberty" and "free speech" protection when most of them are lawyers using their "protests" to litigate agains anyone who tries to stop their bigotry and hatred.  They've managed to make a pretty good living at it so far.

Why is it OK in the media to bash Christians every time they find a nutjob that claims Christianity, but cannot call an Islamic terrorist by his true identity? 

Jerry

Well, thank you to Jim and Linda too!! 

From the heart,

Jeannie

Don't have to have a bike to be a member of the Patriot Guard and don't have to be a member of the Patriot Guard to participate (although I did join).  Several years ago, they were burying a fallen soldier in a town about an hour from here.  Supposedly, the Westboro bunch had posted that they were going to be there.  So, we joined up with a bunch of the local bikers, Patriot Guard and several students from the local college to make sure that these scum-sucking bottom feeders didn't get a chance to ruin the funeral.

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My hat is off to each and every one of you who honor these fallen hero's and their families by doing what you do!!  As an old Marine, I would never trust myself to be that close to those " scum sucking bottom feeders" as deltadarlin so eloquently put it (she left out a few other words that I would have chosen to describe them)!!  If I were to live to 150 I would never be able to understand how a person could be capable of speading so much HATE and MISERY upon another human being!!

DD

And it doesn't have to be the Federal Gov't that does it. Each state could pass that law in fact I think Iowa has something similiar.

monty wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2010 at 2:50pm:

From Wikipedia:

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Laws limiting funeral protests

In response to the protests conducted by Westboro members at Indiana funerals, a bill was introduced in the Indiana General Assembly that would make it a felony to protest within 500 feet (approximately 150 meters) of a funeral. The bill provides penalties of up to three years in prison and a $10,000 fine for those found to be in violation of the law. Shortly before this bill was signed members of the church had threatened to protest in Kokomo, Indiana, at a funeral service that was being held for a soldier who was killed in Iraq. On January 11, 2006 the bill unanimously (11-0) passed a committee vote,[68] and while members of the church had traveled to Kokomo to protest, they were not seen during or after the funeral service.

South Dakota adopted similar legislation. WBC has expressed its intention to contest such laws, and if victorious collect damages while the Phelps Chartered law firm collects attorney's fees under the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Award Act of 1976.

On 23 May 2006 the state of Michigan banned any intentional disruption of funerals within 500 feet of the ceremony. Violating the statute would be a felony, punishable by up to two years in prison and a $5,000 fine for the first offense and up to four years in prison and a $10,000 fine for a subsequent offense.[69]

On 17 May 2006 the state of Illinois enacted Senate Bill 1144, the "Let Them Rest In Peace Act", to shield grieving military families from protests during funerals and memorial services of fallen soldiers. A first-time violation of the Act is a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a $1,500 fine and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense, which is punishable by one to three years in state prison and a fine of up to $25,000.[70]

On 29 May 2006, President George W. Bush signed into law the Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act (Pub.L. 109-228), prohibiting protests within 300 feet (90 m) of the entrance of any cemetery under control of the National Cemetery Administration from 60 minutes before to 60 minutes after a funeral.[71] Penalties for violating the act are up to $100,000 in fines and up to one year imprisonment.[71] The bill garnered overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress with a 408-3 vote in the House, with 21 not voting, and a unanimous vote in the Senate.[71]

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They get away with it because they are very careful to stay within the 300 ft. distance from the funeral.  300 ft. isn't very far and they can still be seen and heard.