Tuesday's multi-million dollar judgment against the anti-gay leaders of Westboro Baptist Church who make a practice of picketing veterans' funerals has been hailed by losing defendant Shirley Phelps-Roper. AP reports that she delightedly said: "Our message has exploded all over the world... It's given us a huge megaphone."
However, Phelps-Roper's legal battles are not over. She is to appear in a Sarpy County (NE) Court on Monday on charges of flag mutilation, negligent child abuse, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and disturbing the peace, all growing out of a funeral protest in Bellevue, Nebraska at which Phelps-Roper allowed her 10-year-old son to stand on an American flag as part of the protest.
