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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Residents of Missouri Town Block Westboro Baptist Church's Protest at Military Funeral

You would think if a soldier has lost his or her life while serving this country, they would be treated with respect. However, the concept of honoring and respecting the dead seems to be lost on the members of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church. The WBC protest at military funerals, upsetting the families of the deceased and make an already tragic situation much worse.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 06: Nine-year-old Daniel Phelps (R), grandson of Westboro Baptist Church pastor Fred Phelps, listens to his cousin Jacob Phelps while they demonstrate outside the Supreme Court while justices heard oral arguements in Snyder v. Phelps, which tests the limits of the First Amendment, October 6, 2010 in Washington, DC. Albert Snyder sued the Westboro Baptist Church after his son, Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, was killed in Iraq in 2006 and members of the church held signs and demonstrated outside his funeral. The church and its members preach that U.S. deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq are punishment for Americans' immorality, including tolerance of homosexuality and abortion. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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