Just like FR has its share of lefties pretending to be Republicans but really aren't who say "I'm a life-long Republican who opposes the war and blah, blah, blah ...", I'll bet if you dig deeper you'll find out that these are lefties just pretending to be anti-homosexual agitators who are there to discredit the people they are pretending to be.
Phelps is for real. He has a long list of such activities. His children have talked about his twisted take on Christianity a long time before this. He's a kook
Phelps apparently hosted a fundraiser for GORE back in '98... Details are on the other thread I linked to above.
I don't think so -- these guys are the same crazies who protested Matthew Sheppard's funeral (gay kid who got killed). They've been around for a long time.
Protesting at a funeral -- anyone's funeral -- is horrible beyond words. Prayers for these brave soldiers' loved ones.