I have heard it suggested that their real agenda is far more worldly and cynical than their outward appearance would show, and that what they want is to be able to sue the police for $100,000s for failing to protect them when a mourner or two gives them a well-deserved battering...
The police in Palatka can’t be held responsible if some stupid tourist falls in a creek full of gators.
Westboro Baptist Church was created by a Democrat Party Leader, with an agenda to make Christians look bad.