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Kd5000:
Phelps has to pay out a USD 11,000,000 lawsuit settlement. What happened to that? I thought if you can't pay it, the courts can confiscate whatever assets you do have. Am I wrong???
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Jury Awards $11 Million in Damages for Phelps Protest at Funeral
Members of Fred Phelps's fundamentalist Kansas church, ordered to pay nearly $11 million in damages to a grieving father, smiled as they walked out of the courtroom, vowing that the verdict would not deter them from protesting at military funerals.
Members promised to picket future funerals with placards bearing such slogans as ''Thank God for dead soldiers'' and ''God hates fags.''
''Absolutely, don't you understand this was an act in futility?'' said Shirley Phelps-Roper, whose father founded the Westboro Baptist Church.
The group believes that U.S. deaths in the Iraq war are punishment for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality. They say they are entitled to protest at funerals under the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech and religion.
Albert Snyder sued the Topeka, Kan., church after a protest last year at the funeral of his son, Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, who was killed in Iraq. He claimed the protests intruded upon what should have been a private ceremony and sullied his memory of the event.
A jury agreed. On Wednesday, the church and three of its leaders -- Fred Phelps and his two daughters, Phelps-Roper and Rebekah Phelps-Davis -- were found liable for invasion of privacy and intent to inflict emotional distress. Jurors awarded Snyder $2.9 million in compensatory damages and $8 million in punitive damages.
Snyder, of York, Pa., said he hoped other families would consider suing.
''The goal wasn't about the money; it was to set a precedent so other people could do the same thing,'' he said.
Appearing on NBC's Today show Thursday, Sndyer said that while his son was fighting for freedom for Iraqis, ''my son did not fight for hate speech.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid50136.asp
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Phillip Dampier on January 23, 2008, 12:53:51 pm ---Heath Ledger's filmography
The Dark Knight (2008}
I'm Not There (2007)
Candy (2006)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
The Brothers Grimm (2005)
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
Ned Kelly (2003)
The Four Feathers (2002)
Monster's Ball (2001)
A Knight's Tale (2001)
The Patriot (2000)
Two Hands (1999)
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Paws (1997)
Blackrock (1997)
Clowning Around (1992)
--- End quote ---
They forgot Casanova.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Phillip Dampier on January 23, 2008, 12:53:51 pm ---Jack Nicholson on tragic death of Brokeback Mountain star Heath Ledger: 'I warned him'
{Thisislondon}
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We can all see what's going to happen here, can't we? We're going to go from arguing over whether Jack was murdered to whether Heath died of an illegal drug overdose.
God, I hope not.
Scott6373:
We cannot focus on the reasons, or the results. Even if this were someone we didn't feel any kinship to, it wouldn't serve any purpose to debase ourselves by engaging in that kind of speculative clap trap.
We DO have to focus on the lessons we can learn from not only his life, but what his contribution to a story that has inarguably changed all of our lives has meant to us. Don't ever let a moment go by where you can say "I love you". That is the essence of community, and that is why we are here now!
I love you all very much. Each and every one of you are precious to me.
BelAir:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 23, 2008, 12:29:22 pm ---No more than I expected. They never get toxicology reports right away.
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and what takes the longest is the tissue analysis (too look for heart disease, etc.)
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