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Rob Lurie is attached to direct the drama Hate (A Love Story), which centers on a real-life legal battle that surrounded the infamous Westboro Baptist Church.
In 2006, Marine Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder was killed while serving in Iraq. His funeral in Westminster, Maryland, was protested by Westboro Baptist Church members who carried signs that read “God Hates You.” Citing defamation, invasion of privacy and other complaints, Snyder's father, Al, sued the church and its founders, the Phelps family. The highly publicized case ended up at the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of the church and the Phelps family on...
In 2006, Marine Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder was killed while serving in Iraq. His funeral in Westminster, Maryland, was protested by Westboro Baptist Church members who carried signs that read “God Hates You.” Citing defamation, invasion of privacy and other complaints, Snyder's father, Al, sued the church and its founders, the Phelps family. The highly publicized case ended up at the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of the church and the Phelps family on...
- 12/6/2017
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New developments in the case of the Westboro Baptist Church vs. the family of Marine Matthew Snyder. You will recall this story from earlier this year: Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew A. Snyder, 20, was killed in a non-combat related vehicle accident in Iraq in 2006. During his funeral members from a Baptist church in Kansas staged a loud protest against the war in Iraq because they believe, among other things, that America's military is evil because it defends a country that tolerates homosexuality. (What is the matter with Kansas?)...
- 6/1/2010
- by Glynnis MacNicol
- Mediaite - TV
Megyn Kelly is a bad ass. There, I said it. While debating with Bill O'Reilly on the finer points of Westboro Baptist Church v. Matthew Snyder's father (where the fallen marine's funeral was interrupted by members of the church holding "God Hates Fags" posters), Kelly took the unpopular side that legally, Westboro may have not done anything illegal. O'Reilly disagreed. Things got heated.
- 4/3/2010
- by Drew Grant
- Mediaite - TV
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