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in an overwhelming 8-1 decision, the supreme court ruled wednesday west borough church led by pastor phelps has the right to continue spreading their angry message. chief justice john roberts wrote, quote, speech is powerful. it can stir people to action, move them to tears of both joy and sorrow. and as it did here, inflict great pain. on the facts before us, we cannot react to that pain by punishing the speaker. the pain the chief justice refers to is that of albert snyder, the phelps family picketed outside the funeral of marine lance corporal matthew snyder, killed in iraq. we found out today that we can no longer bury our dead in this country with dignity. what is this country becoming? reporter: snyder sued for intentional infliction of emotional distress but the high court disagreed saying the protest on public property outside the funeral was not
funeral. i m sorry they raised their son from the devil in hell sorry they let him have anything to do with the [ bleep ] army, and he got himself killed over there defending the country. after his son s funeral, albert snyder sued phelps and the church. that s why the case is in court. all we wanted to do was bury matt with dignity and respect. reporter: yesterday, church members rolled into washington and headed to what they think is the center of everything that is wrong in the world, the white house. no hesitation reporter: then arlington where just as soon as the bus loads of westboro members started singing a group of veterans on motorcycles tried to show them up to drown them out. at the end of the day it seems the westboro protestors know all