Phelps et al to Post $500,000 Bond

“A federal judge in Baltimore has ordered a fundamentalist Kansas church to post a bond while it appeals a $5 million judgment resulting from its protest at the funeral of a Marine who was killed in Iraq, the Baltimore Examiner reported today.

The Westboro Baptist Church was ordered Thursday to post the church building and nearly $500,000 in cash and property. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Bennett ruled it would require “extraordinary circumstances” to avoid posting a portion of the judgment.

Westboro members believe U.S. deaths in Iraq are punishment for the nation’s tolerance of homosexuality. The $5 million was awarded to Albert Snyder, who sued for emotional distress and invasion of privacy after a 2006 protest at the 2006 funeral of his son, Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder.“

I do not like the precedent that this sets.  Soon anyone can be hit with a big judgment for expressing beliefs that others do not like.

That being said, I cannot but feel a little elation that Phelps et al are getting some of what is coming to them.  They are phonies.  They aren’t fundamentalists, but pseudo-fundamentalists.  Neither are they acting in a Christian manner.  Christians are to love, not protest how much God hates folks.  The gospel is the good news that God loves us in spite of our sins….even the abominable sin of homosexuality can be forgiven.  Phelps and company have forgotten the true message of the gospel-  if they ever knew it.

This is a no-win situation for true, Bible believing Christians.  We get harmed either way: either by the precedent set, or by the impression made by these extreme wierdoes.

So sad.

Just musing…

 

Bush Vetoes Bill Banning Torture

Read it here.

So…..do you still think we have a Christian president?

May God have mercy on The U.S.A.