Woo Hoo!

Fred Phelps and his fake church finally get owned!

The father of a fallen Marine was awarded nearly $11 million Wednesday in damages by a jury that found leaders of a fundamentalist church had invaded the family's privacy and inflicted emotional distress when they picketed the Marine's funeral.[...]

In his closing arguments during the punitive damages phase, plaintiff attorney Craig Trebilcock described church members as bullies who "seek out those among us who are at the weakest point in our lives."

"That's why they've gotten away with it until this point," the attorney said, adding that grieving families were too weak to fight back "until this man."

Like Kathy Shaidle, I'm also sick of seeing these jerks trotted out by the left and used to slander all Christians. Phelps' "church" mostly (if not entirely) consists of his family members (children, grandchildren, etc.). The Phelps family is no more Christian than Osama bin Laden is.

In his rebuttal, Trebilcock said it was up to jurors to decide the truthfulness of the financial documents, noting the documents show Rebecca Phelps-Davis has $306 in the bank.

Trebilcock noted Phelps-Davis is a practicing attorney and pointed to testimony by the defendants showing how much they traveled to spread their message.

"Rebecca Phelps has $306? She must be using Priceline.com. It doesn't make any sense."

I bet these people hide all their money in their mattresses and in the walls of their houses.

More interesting reading: Addicted to Hate -- an expose on Phelps and his "church".