Marine Dad Ordered to Pay Legal Fees of Those Disrupting Son's Funeral

Is there any fund set up for Mr. Snyder to assist him in paying the legal fees? There should be if the appeal does not change the overturned ruling. How sad for this family during a time of immense pain. Shame on anyone christian or not who would bring additional pain to any family in a crisis situation.

We were threatened with a picket by Fred Phelps & Co. when a transgender teen was killed and there was also a production of the Laramie Project at our high school. People rallied outside the church where the funeral was held, along with the "angels" from the play, and there was no appearance by the Phelps contingent. The school was not open during performances of the play, so you had to have a ticket to get inside the gates. There was a peaceful demonstration outside the gates by students, townspeople, and supporters of the family, and again Phelps did not show.
In my opinion, this church is basically a family-run hate business. They have no right to disrupt any family's funeral, be it a funeral for a young transgender person who hung out with the wrong people or that of a soldier who served his country. I think there has to be respect for the families who have lost loved ones, and that you should not show disrespect for the bereaved.

Matthew was my cousin. He was one of the sweetest kids around. He chose to be a Marine and to fight for our country. Matt was only 20 years old when he was killed in Iraq.
I consider myself a Christian person. These Westboro Baptists fools are no more christians than Satan is. It is beyond outrage that they would picket a fallen Marine at his funeral. It's not enough I guess to these WB pigs that a wonderful young man lost his life trying to protect our freedom, so they have to opening perform despicable acts of picketing and saying horrible things at the boy's funeral... of all places. I am utterly sickened that this is allowed to go on in front of our faces. I am also amazed that someone hasn't gotten ahold of Fred Phelps. I suppose (hopefully) it's just a matter of time.....

The recent ruling by the 4th District Court of Appeals ordering Mr. Snyder to pay $16,000 in court costs to the Westboro Baptist Church is outrageous. It sickens and saddens me that a learned group of individuals supposedly dedicated to the pursuit of justice could do such an INJUSTCE by allowing a gaggle of bigots carte blanche under the guise of first ammendment rights. The placards reading "Thank God for Dead Soldiers", and "God Hates You"......those are just so wrong...whose, or WHICH God are we talking about, anyway? The only Gods that celebrate or relish death are certainly NOT of a Christian nature.....so does that, under first ammendment rights, give ME the right to suggest that these Westboro Baptists are perhaps a subversive religious terrorist group with instructions to instigate hate and create chaos with the help of a frightened American sector desperately seeking a cause?...makes sense to me.....perhaps they should be investigated by Homeland Security and viewed as a potential threat. A simple word or comment from the media could start the ball rolling on THAT one.......finally, on the media....kudos to Mr. O'Reilly for his generous gesture in picking up the tab for Mr. Snyder's legal fees. Now THAT is a compassionate and very Christian act of kindness.