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Westboro church members fail to post bonds
- Two members of the gay-bashing Westboro Baptist Church have failed to post bonds in time and are appealing to a higher court to delay doing so.
Judge orders lien on Westboro church
- A federal judge in Baltimore ordered Westboro Baptist Church members to post their church building and nearly $500,000 more in cash and property while appealing a judgment for protesting a Marine’s funeral.
- A federal judge in Baltimore ordered Westboro Baptist Church members to post their church building and nearly $500,000 more in cash and property while appealing a judgment for protesting a Marine’s funeral.
Judge to review Westboro’s assets in wake of $5M payment
- Westboro Baptist Church, seeking to delay payment of a $5 million judgment, must provide a judge detailed documents on the church’s finances.
Judge orders Westboro church to pay $5 million
- The gay-bashing, fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church must pay $5 million to the father of a fallen Marine for picketing the soldier's Westminster funeral, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Phelps children raised on faith
- Two boys play “Halo” on Xbox 360 and build Lego spaceships in the den of a peach-colored house in a quiet neighborhood of Topeka.
- Two boys play “Halo” on Xbox 360 and build Lego spaceships in the den of a peach-colored house in a quiet neighborhood of Topeka.
Experts: High court likely to reject Kan. church’s appeal of $11M ruling
- Westboro Baptist Church will likely fail in its bid to get the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in two cases to protect church members’ right to protest at military funerals, legal experts say.
Will Westboro decision lessen protection for free speech?
- If the family of a dead marine prevails in its lawsuit against Westboro Baptist Church, the decision could diminish First Amendment protection for offensive speech, experts say.
After emotional closing words, Westboro jury begins process
- The father sat in the courtroom weeping, and his daughters hugged him and did their best to console him.
Phelps’ son speaks out
- The Rev. Fred Phelps brainwashed his family and will keep trying to brainwash America with his anti-gay pickets at military funerals, his estranged son said.
- The Rev. Fred Phelps brainwashed his family and will keep trying to brainwash America with his anti-gay pickets at military funerals, his estranged son said.
Father’s attorneys want to investigate Westboro Baptist Church’s finances
- Westboro Baptist Church and its leaders may be worth more than they reported in the federal lawsuit in which a jury decided they must pay nearly $11 million in damages, attorneys representing the plaintiff said.
Jury: Westboro must pay $10.9 million
- Albert Snyder might have financially immobilized the Kansas church that picketed at his son’s military funeral to intentionally inflict emotional distress on him and his family.
- Albert Snyder might have financially immobilized the Kansas church that picketed at his son’s military funeral to intentionally inflict emotional distress on him and his family.
