16. Phelps is a money making scam that requires notoriety,
which he obtains from ever more offensive demonstrations. When picketing gay funerals no longer made the news, he had to find other things that would get him in the news. I don't know who is giving him money though. Some think he's trying to provoke violence against his followers, so that he can win a million-dollar lawsuit (either against whoever attacked him or against local governments for failure to protect him and his first amendment rights).
Phelps speaks for no one but himself; his group is not allied with anyone else. Not even the Freepers like this guy, they hate his guts.
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