Un-Christian Phelps' finally get what they deserve

[Ed Mahmoud]

Judge orders lien on properties of hateful jerks who started out harassing families of dead AIDS patients, and now cause grief to survivors of Iraq and Afghanistan war dead.

A federal judge in Maryland on Thursday ordered liens on the Westboro Baptist Church building and the Phelps-Chartered Law office.

If the case presided over by U.S. District Court Judge Richard D. Bennett is upheld by an appeals court, the church, at 3701 S.W. 12th, and the office building, at 1414 S.W. Topeka Blvd., could be obtained by the court and sold, with the proceeds being applied toward $5 million in damages Bennett imposed on church members for picketing a military funeral.

A lien is a legal hold on property, making it collateral against money owed to a person or entity. It can keep the owner from selling the property or transferring title to the property.

The $5 million penalty is the result of a lawsuit filed against three of the church's principals by Albert Snyder, the father of Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew A. Snyder, whose funeral was picketed by church members.

The senior Snyder contended the picketing caused emotional distress and invasion of privacy.

Westboro Baptist members regularly picket funerals of members of the U.S. armed forces, contending the deaths are God's punishment for the country's support of homosexuals.

[Meso]

Phelps are idiots.They need a baseball bat across the head a few times.Even though I am not a christian,if I were one I'd be disgusted at how these bigots portray the religion.

[Ptarmigan]

Fred Phelps and WBC are an anti-cult as stated by the Rick Ross Institute. Fred Phelps attacks other Christians, particularly Catholics and Episcopal. They are not even Christians. In fact, I have read from families who left WBC and they say Fred Phelps is not that religious. They are psychotic and they deserve the title, America's Most Hated Family.

[Category 5]

How dare they protest fallen solders funerals! They oughta be shipped to chinese prisons for about 10 years.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Wow those scumbags should be locked in a prison cell for a long
time. Protesting a dead soldier's funeral and claiming it was because of
homosexuality? Geez. Absolutely Criminal. Morons.

[Category 5]

Or just lifetime in a mental ward. People this irrational and insane have no place in society.