Court Rules for Westboro Baptist

(Baltimore, Maryland) I don't understand anything. People act like completely heartless idiots and the court says they must be paid. Sheesh!

The father of a Marine killed in Iraq and whose funeral was picketed by anti-gay protesters from Kansas was ordered to pay the protesters' appeal costs, his lawyers said Monday.

On Friday, Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ordered Albert Snyder to pay $16,510 to Fred Phelps. Phelps is the leader of Topeka's Westboro Baptist Church, which conducted protests at Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder's funeral in 2006.

The details of the court's decision haven't been reported.

Meanwhile, the case has engendered considerable outrage from many people and I heard this morning that FoxNews' Bill O'Reilly said last night that he would cover the costs of the court's inexplicable decision.

Tip: ron