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Dad Refuses to Pay Phelps' Legal Fees


Posted: Mar 31, 2010

Good for him. Hopefully, he will win, but I doubt it.  So far, in doing a search, this was the only newspaper article I found.  Sad, isn't it?
Undated photo of Al Snyder and his son Matthew
Undated photo of Al Snyder and his son Matthew
YORK, Pa. – The man who was ordered to pay the legal fees of Kansas-based anti-gay protestors who picketed his son’s 2006 funeral says he will defy the court’s order.

Albert Snyder, whose son, Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder was killed in Iraq won a $5 million verdict against Fred Phelps and Topeka's Westboro Baptist Church, a group infamous for protesting funerals of troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan with signs that read, ‘Thank God for Dead Soldiers,’ ‘God Hates Fags’ and ‘God is America’s Terrorist.’

When the verdict was overturned on appeal, Snyder was ordered to pay Phelps’ legal costs, totaling over $16,000.

The story sparked outrage across the country and on Tuesday, Snyder spoke out.
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"I think it's a slap in the face," he said. "It's like, 'Sorry, mister Snyder, you know, you buried your son for us, but we're gonna reverse the decision and we're gonna make you give them money so they can do this to...to more soldiers.' I think it's an insult to every soldier that's out there. I think it's an insult to every marine out there. I think it's an insult to every veteran out there that has served this country."

"I don't think I'm going to be writing a check until I hear from the Supreme Court," Snyder defiantly announced on Fox News. "I'm not about to pay them anything."
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There is not one human being with a heart in this country that - sm

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is not pulling for this poor father.

David Schuster on MSNBC just interviewed Mr. Snyder - sm

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His fees are are determined to be somewhere around $100,000 to fight this case. When he elaborated further about what these people did to his family, I am even more outraged that something like this could be allowed to happen in this country. There is a website set up for donations to help with legal fees:



Michael Moore included some footage with this - "pastor" slime bag in one of

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his movies. I don't recall the name of the movie offhand but I think it was the one that he was allowing people to download for free a couple of years ago. This guy Phelps is a total and utter slimebag and just turned my stomach then and turns my stomach now. Sorry, I don't care what title he has, but this man is NOT a "Christian".

I hope and pray he has the courage of his convictions...sm - MT and worn out

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Regardless of how right Mr. Snyder is, the press is going to crucify him if they have not done so already. Looking at the pressure that this gov't can and has brought to bear on people who don't toe a particular line is obvious. (Bart Stupak comes to mind).
This is a result of liberals being seated in the courts of this country. When somebody like Phelps gets this kind of recognition, it just fuels his ego.

The ACLU should be all over this like nobody's business. But will they? No, they would rather go after some guy on the East coast who wanted to fly his flag in his front yard. They would rather go after the memorial cross in the Mojave Desert. They would rather take out any mention of our founding fathers in school textbooks.

This is why the Patriot Guard and Patriot Riders go along with these funeral processions, to keep the "Rev." Phelps's of the world where they belong......on the outside.

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