The German Fred Phelps

Sometimes I wish we had laws like this in America :

A retired man was fined after setting off fireworks and singing in jubilation to celebrate the death of a gay neighbor, a court said on Friday.

The retiree, 63, was convicted for maligning the memory of the dead and defamation. He was fined 2,700 euro ($3,102) by the court in the western town of Lauterbach.

The man launched his celebrations as the neighbor’s corpse was carried from his home in a coffin. The pensioner had shown intolerance toward his gay neighbors in the past and had often fought with them, the court said.


posted by greg on May 12, 2003 @ 9:40 am

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