Post by passingby on Nov 1, 2007 7:22:24 GMT -5
- A federal jury in Baltimore, Maryland, Wednesday awarded $10.9 million to a father of a Marine whose funeral was picketed by members of a fundamentalist church carrying signs blaming soldiers' deaths on America's tolerance of homosexuals.
The signs at the funeral included "Thank God for dead soldiers" and "Thank God for IEDs."
Before launching their protests at the funerals of American troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, they routinely picketed the funerals of gay people and those who died of AIDS.
Phelps' daughter, church attorney Shirley Phelps-Ropers said God is not going to stop killing your soldiers. He's not going to stop pouring his wrath out on this nation. America is doomed." God is punishing the country by killing their servicemen."
The group also blames disasters, including Hurricane Katrina, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and AIDS, on what it views as permissive morals in violation of biblical dictates.
The signs at the funeral included "Thank God for dead soldiers" and "Thank God for IEDs."
Before launching their protests at the funerals of American troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, they routinely picketed the funerals of gay people and those who died of AIDS.
Phelps' daughter, church attorney Shirley Phelps-Ropers said God is not going to stop killing your soldiers. He's not going to stop pouring his wrath out on this nation. America is doomed." God is punishing the country by killing their servicemen."
The group also blames disasters, including Hurricane Katrina, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and AIDS, on what it views as permissive morals in violation of biblical dictates.
