Here is an article saying Phelps was an asset to the homosexual movement:
Lauren Drain, a former member of Westboro and daughter of its spokesman, says Phelps is gay and his activities result from a self-hatred of his own homosexuality.
http://gawker.com/5990818/fred-phelps-gay-former-westboro-baptist-church-member-says-maybe
And ex-gay activist Christopher Doyle says Phelps was funded (at least in part) by homosexual activists.
http://www.examiner.com/article/christopher-doyle-fred-phelps-is-funded-by-homosexual-activists
If these things are true, they would be typical of the left.
I believed that all along, that Phelps was a agent for the homos to try to paint anyone against the gay agenda as loonies....and they certainly got the press to go along with it.