@HunterTV
I know almost all of the Personally, I went to school with all them. They're very normal people. Get them behind a picket sign and it's a different story, but for the most part, they're all very normal and nice.
I didn't read the whole article, I kind of skimmed it, but I don't know if they touched on the family members who have basically disassociated themselves with the family.
FIrst, Fred Phelps (Gramps) did have a gay son. He would never admit that though. One of his grandchildren, Jason, was a year older than me and we knew eachother pretty well. He just recently escaped the grasp of his family, and I think is living with his girlfriend. Another one of Fred's sons lives in Canada and has always spoke out against his father.
Another interesting thing is how the Topeka handles the Phelps family. Our Mayor, Bill Bunten, writes a personal letter to the mayor of every city that the Phelps picket (the funerals, not sure about the homosexual things) and apologizes for how they act and states that our community doesn't condone their actions.
To sum it up, they're not all hate all the time, and for the most part they're all rather normal people. With that said, I don't agree with what they do and they're message of a hateful God.