I’m with Samuel A. Alito Jr. - at least in spirit. The associate justice was alone in his dissent in Snyder v. Phelps,in which the U.S. Supreme Court in an 8-1 ruling on Wednesday voided a damage verdict against the Westboro Baptist Church for picketing a Maryland soldier’s funeral. You know the Westboro folks. They’re the media darlings from Topeka, Kan., who have picketed nearly 600 funerals. The Rev. Fred Phelps and his family brandish signs, the most famous of which is “God Hates Fags.” Lately, they’ve been picketing military funerals with signs such as “God Hates the USA/Thank God for 9/11” and “Thank God for Dead Soldiers,” saying they got what they deserve because America tolerates homosexuality.
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