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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: littlelamb on April 01, 2010, 10:46:27 PM
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No. 1 cable news host Bill O'Reilly said Tuesday that he will personally write a check to cover $16,500 in legal costs for the father of a fallen U.S. Marine who sued the members of a church who picketed his son's funeral.
According to news reports, the members of the Westboro Baptist Church, located in Topeka, Kan., believe that God is punishing the United States because of its acceptance of gay people. The church garners attention for its views by protesting high-profile funerals.
On March 3, 2006, Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew A. Snyder died in a non-combat related vehicle accident in Al Anbar province in Iraq.
"He was a hero and he was the love of my life," said Albert Snyder, Matthew's grieving father.
During the wake that was held after his son's funeral, family members turned on the television to view coverage of the massive procession involving over 1,500 persons. They saw the church members waving signs and protesting the funeral.
"I just stood there in shock," Albert Snyder told O'Reilly in November 2007.
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/o...3/30/id/354287
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I think that it's awesome that O'Reilly is paying Mr. Snyder's legal bills. Mr. Snyder has a long fight ahead and I thin that his bills will far exceed the $16.5 K. I HOPE that he wins his case and I hope that the Westboro Church is made to stay far enough away from military funerals to not be a nuisance. This case will certainly test the 1st Amendment.