Westboro Baptist Church.

This church was brought up to me in government. This church is unrelentless in their pursuit to hurt others. It is amazing to hear them call themselves a church and then to see what they have done is clearly not God's will. They call their protests "ministries." They will protest with signs Reading "God hates fags" or "God hates the world." They protest at schools, other churches, and say unbelievable things. This church was established in 1955 by it's pastor Fred Phelps. They still exist today as a primitive baptist church. They have conducted over 40,000 protests against homosexuals and sin in numerous places.
One protest by them really surprised me. They went to a funeral of a marine who had died in Iraq. They held sign that said things like "thank God for dead soldiers", and "thank God for 911." "The reason they protest at military funerals is because the deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq are punishment for the United States' tolerance of homosexuals"(Fred of Westboro). The courts tried to decide what was going if these messages were against the law, because they were so provocative, or if they were protected by the first amendment. The father of the one of the marines sued Fred for emotional distress and won. Hallelujah. Thank god for justice right?
I cant help but think that isn't the belief of Christians that God gave his one and only son to us so he could die for our sins, and by asking him into our hearts that we are forgiven. In this respect, one could be homosexual and ask for forgiveness, and be forgiven. Another thing that I don't understand is the fact that Christians including baptists have the belief that God has unconditional love for everyone he made (all of his children) and that he loves us even though we sin. If this is true, then Westboro isn't practicing what they preach, and what they preach is wrong because they say the they follow the bible exactly. The bible also says that one sin, no matter how small is equal to the worst sin anyone could commit. All sin is considered equal in God's eyes. So if judging someone, is considered a sin and homosexuality is considered a sin, aren't they the same. So isn't Westboro committing just as bad of a crime as someone who is gay?
Who are we as people to think we are better than someone? Who is this church that goes to funerals and causes emotional distress to people who are grieving over their DEAD love ones. It hurts enough to lose someone you love without having people saying thank God that person is dead. This is so so so wrong to me. I don't believe this people will come anywhere near heaven, the things they are saying are evil, and judgemental. I have to agree with the church many critics, and counter protesters "may God have mercy on this church, and the people who believe it's practices."