Many would call this justice:
The verdict against Fred Phelps and his daughters pleases Julie MacKenzie of Colorado, whose son's funeral was picketed by the hate group.
"I think it's great," MacKenzie said Wednesday. The November 2005 military funeral in Greeley for her 20-year-old son, Tyler MacKenzie, was targeted by Phelps' group.
"Our Constitution guarantees the right of free speech, but there's also a responsibility for that right," she said. "You've got to accept the consequences of your actions."
Kentucky is no stranger to the “Phelps Clan” (story). Phelps and the church first came to national attention when he organized a protest by his followers outside the 1998 funeral for Matthew Shepherd, the gay college student who was beaten to death in Wyoming.
Church members routinely demonstrate at the funerals of people with AIDS and most recently at the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq.
The Kentucky House and Senate passed a law to restrict funeral picketing, a law later struck down in court after being challenged by the ACLU.
7 comments:
Karma's a bitch. :) And I love it.
Thank God...
Someone needs to slap Shirley's teeth together.
You know, it's people like the fine folks at WBC who give good-hearted, god-fearing christians a bad reputation. Not that I would call myself a Christian or even religious - but if there is a hell, there's a VERY special place there for Fred Phelps and his minions.
Wow, that's awesome, someone finally stood up for the rights of the rest of the world... it's about time!
I think that money(if ever seen) should be used to fund a research for children who are HIV+
or for the children of soldiers who have died fighting for the rights of this country.
JONATHAN
BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!
It is good to see those people finally get what is coming to them even if they do not have to pay or cannot afford it
Maybe Fred can pimp Shirley out?
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