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From KAKE Wichita
BALTIMORE (AP) -- A federal judge in Baltimore is ordering Topeka's Westboro Baptist Church to pay more than $3,000 in costs related to the funeral of a Marine the group picketed.
Albert Snyder of York, Pennsylvania, is suing because church members demonstrated at the funeral of his son, Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder. Church members also posted pictures of the protest on their Web site.
Corporal Snyder was killed in Iraq in March.
The lawsuit was filed in June. It says church members violated the family's right to privacy and defamed the Marine and his family at the funeral and on the church's Web site.
Court documents say the church has 30 days to make the payment to Snyder.
Topeka Church To Pay Marine Funeral Costs
"enemy of God"
LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY happydog) An Enemy Of God ," he said. Then he turned on his heel (and one rarely sees that) and walked very quickly away from my presence. I said "Thanks, and have a nice evening," to his rapidly receding back.I just stood there with my mouth open for a little bit, and then I looked at Ly de Angeles' book, which is entirely in black with "WITCHCRAFT" written in big spidery letters on the cover. I thought, Well, I was thinking about putting this back...but now I HAVE TO buy it. The girl who was putting books away and trying not to listen said, "How are you this evening? Can I help you find anything?" "I'm fine," I said. "Except for that I'm apparently an enemy of God. Did you hear any of that?" I wanted confirmation that this bizarre interlude had just happened, to be honest. "Well," she said carefully, "we all have the right to our own beliefs." "Thank you," I said. I wandered around feeling a bit freaked out, went to the counter and bought what I had in my hand and left. Then I realized when I got home that I hadn't bought the book that I meant to buy. But I had bought the Ly de Angeles book. I guess I'm fortunate that he didn't happen by earlier, when I was looking at Don Tyson's Necronomicon. Or LaVey's The Satanic Bible. I have to admit that when I got outside the bookstore, I did look around just to make sure he wasn't out there somewhere. I hate being paranoid, but that was fzckin' creepy. Or sad and hilarious, I can't decide which. I managed to laugh about it in the car on the way back to the house. And so it begins. . .
LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY pretentioustfu) http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=3034 quelle surprise!
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