"Why are they picking on this particular soldier?"
Being July 4th I guess. Maybe we all should check for any other July 4th burials of military to make sure they aren't doing this elsewhere.
The demented Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), also known as the "God hates fags" so-called church, is doing this at funerals of other troops and are planning a July 11 protest at Dover AFB, Delaware, site where the bodies of dead troops arrive in the U.S.
I think that we need to make it a priority to peacefully oppose the WBC at troop funerals.
WBC claim that their church was bombed with IEDs made by "fag students" at Washburn University. They blame all of America for the alleged bombing, but their website is so filled with delusional thought, paranoia, and hatred that it's hard to know if their church was really bombed or someone opened a soda can that had been shaken up.
WBC now say "The American Army is a fag Army" on their http://www.GodHatesAmerica.com website, companion to their http://www.GodHatesFags.com website. They recite how Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan are both in hell and how Rev. Billy Graham will soon be there.