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    October 31, 2007

    Westboro Baptist Church Perverts Get Slapped With $11 Million

    "Jury Award Father $11million in funeral case" from AP reports that Albert Snyder has won an $11 million in dammages in a suit against the Westboro Baptist Church that picketed the funeral of his son Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder over a perverted belief that the soldiers' deaths are God's retribution against the country's liberal homosexuality attitudes.

    The federal jury first awarded $2.9 million in compensatory damages. It returned in the afternoon with its decision to award $6 million in punitive damages for invasion of privacy and $2 million for causing emotional distress.

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