I hope they lose everything they have:

The family of a Marine killed in Iraq has sued a Baptist church for picketing their son’s funeral and is turning to the Internet to drum up support.

Albert Snyder, the father of fallen Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, took the stand this week in the Baltimore trial against the Westboro Baptist Church and testified that protesters waving signs at Matthew’s burial made him nauseous. He’d wanted a private service for his son.

“They turned this funeral into a media circus and they wanted to hurt my family,” Snyder said on the stand Wednesday. “They wanted their message heard and they didn’t care who they stepped over. My son should have been buried with dignity, not with a bunch of clowns outside.”

The Snyder family’s suit against the church — whose members have picketed the funerals of military personnel killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, claiming the deaths are punishment for the country’s tolerance of homosexuality — could cost close to $100,000, the law firm representing them said. That’s why Albert Snyder is asking for the community’s help on the Web site www.matthewsnyder.org.

This is going to be a big test for the First Amendment. These scumbags do have a freedom of speech. But the family also has a right to bury their son without being harassed or verbally attacked.

These hateful, deranged morons are mentally disturbed. At least Fred Phelps is. And he has brainwashed his family and limited congregation and turned it into a cult. Fred Phelps is nothing more than a gay hating David Koresh. Look at his picture. Now look at Marshal Applewhite. Cult Leaders both. And sooner or later, protesting funerals isn’t going to be enough, and they are going to go too far. They will either kill someone or do something that results in the death of a member. Either way, the blood is on their hands.