‘God hates fags’ cult fined $5million
April 14th, 2008
A hate-filled religious sect has been ordered to pay $5m in damages to the families of an American serviceman whose funerals the church picketed.
Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church routinely demonstrates at the funerals of American soldiers with placards that read ‘thank God for dead soldiers’ ‘God hates America’ and ‘God hates fags’.
The 75-member church, headed by Fred Phelps, believes that God is punishing America for the country’s tolerant attitude towards homosexuality.
September 11 and Hurricane Katrina are also signs of God’s hate towards America, according to the cult.
If the court’s decision is upheld, Westboro Baptists will be made bankrupt and could lose its church. However, the Phelps are attempting to exploit a legal loophole which states that a home cannot be seized to pay legal costs.
On a website dedicated to the late Lance Cpl Snyder, the Snyder family wrote: “Using innocent children to deliver their twisted message of hatred and fear, the defendants in this suit have sought to attack the memory of our departed heroes, to strip their loved ones of their dignity, and to use abuse and intimidation as a tool for preventing surviving family members from reaching closure over their loss.”
[via SameSame]
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