Many reach out to Marine dad who has to pay Fred Phelps
Posted by Yahoo! Buzz US: Top Stories on Mar 31, 2010
BALTIMORE — Outraged that the father of a dead Marine was ordered to pay some court costs incurred by a Topeka church he had sued for picketing his son's funeral, people from across the
country have launched a grass-roots fundraising effort to help the grieving family.
"I was appalled," said Sally Giannini, a 72-year-old retired bookkeeper from Spokane, Wash., who called the Baltimore Sun newspaper after seeing an article about the court decision against Albert Snyder. "I believe in free speech, but this
goes too far."
Living on a fixed income, Giannini said she could send only $10 towar