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[dreamer_easy]

Holy cow, I only just clocked this and at ED, of all places: Fred Phelps successfully sued for 11 million dollars for "protesting" at the funeral of a Marine from Maryland who died in Iraq.

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[antikythera.livejournal.com]

I am fascinated by the fact that they put "church" in quotation marks.

[drox.livejournal.com]

One of the comments [to the linked article] expressed sympathy for the family of the slain Marine, and added "To lose one’s son is a horrible tragedy. To have your son dishonored after his death is beyond words."

Dishonor? Dishonor?!?! Personally, I can think of few higher honors than to be hated and protested by Fred Phelps and his cult.

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

I offer this amusing tidbit as a supplement to this great news:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT7xQJrqUQ8

[travlr1.livejournal.com]

Fred Phelps looks like Reverend Kane from the Poltergeist series of movies. O_O

[ianracey.livejournal.com]

No, the case is still on appeal, though one appellate judge has already reduced the amount of damages to $5 million. Given that basically the entire Phelps family are lawyers, it's actually a bigger concern that they'll get out of paying up by keep the appeals going for decades than it is that they'll actually get the verdict overturned.

[jhg.livejournal.com]

Hooray!

[qthewetsprocket.livejournal.com]

if fred phelps could just admit he was gay, he'd save a whole lot of people a whole lot of trouble.