Albert Snyder
Petitioner
Sean E. Summers, Counsel of Record On March 3, 2006, Albert Snyder was informed by the U.S. Marines that his only son, Matthew, had been killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Iraq’s Al Anbar Province. The funeral, with full military honors, was held one week later at St. John’s Catholic Church in Westminster, Maryland. During the services, seven members of the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) picketed at a police-designated area roughly 1,000 yards away. Snyder said the tops of the signs they carried — condemning the United States, the Catholic Church, and the U.S. military — were visible…
