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BALTIMORE — Lawyers for the father of a Marine who died in Iraq say a court has ordered him to pay legal costs for the anti-gay protesters who picketed his son’s funeral.
Albert Snyder of York, Pa., had won a $5 million verdict against Fred Phelps of Westboro Baptist Church, but it was thrown out on appeal. On Friday, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Maryland ordered Snyder to pay the costs of Phelps’ appeal. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed earlier this month to consider whether the protesters’ provocative messages, such as “Thank God for dead soldiers,” are protected by the First Amendment.
