Are they TRYING to commit suicide by offending others?
Best as I can tell, they have a big racket going by which they attempt to taunt communities into doing things for which the Burros will then sue their pants off for. They are a bunch of despicable cowards, the lot of them.
They appear to be legal trolls.
They collect money under The Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Award Act of 1976 when they sue over their protests are interfered with. Many of Phelps' group are lawyers.
Fred Phelps has run for office several times as a Democrat. He was a big supporter of Al Gore.