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Westboro protester gets a faceful of Marine Corps pride outside the Supreme Court

By Dan Lamothe on October 8, 2010 Westboro Baptist Church

The Westboro Baptist Church’s showdown this week with Marine father Al Snyder in Supreme Court has been widely covered, including in a first-person account on this blog. However, a Battle Rattle reader pointed out an interesting thread that I had missed: One man’s quiet protest to the Westboro message. On Wednesday, dozens of Westboro protesters picketed outside the Supreme Court, with many of them carrying the same kind of signs used to protest outside the funeral of Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder in 2006. If you’ve been following along, you know the “Thank God For Dead Soldiers” drill. A Getty Images…

Comic book nerds clown on Westboro Baptist Church

By Dan Lamothe on July 26, 2010 Westboro Baptist Church

At this point, the Westboro Baptish Church has protested nearly everyone on the face of the planet for not agreeing with their hardliner view of the modern-day world. Most famously (or infamously), they protest outside military funerals with signs that say thing such as “God bless IEDs,” an activity that will soon be considered in front of the U.S. Supreme Court for its constitutionality. But the small, family-run church from Topeka, Kan., also has ripped everyone from Lada Gaga to the late U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd (D.-W.V.) this summer alone. Last week, the comic book lovers as the Comic-Con International conference…

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