“Westboro is a liberal Democrat construct”
Fred Phelps was an interesting guy. He fought Jim Crow in the civil rights era. Got an award from the local NAACP. Ran for office as a Democrat a couple of times. He was involved with Al Gore’s presidential campaign in 1988. But man, he did not like gays. He REALLY did not like gays.
While that last may be true, I’ve always seen them as a lawsuit scam, with the over the the top anti-homosexual stuff as the bait to get people to violate their 1A rights.