puzzlement about a "Men Of The Book"...

The Kansas Legislature is hearing testimony on the subject of limiting access by protestors at funerals. (There isn't much "fun" in "funerals".) The "Reverend" Phelps of Topeka Kansas has been protesting funerals of soldiers who died in Iraq or Afghanistan. He is saying that God is attacking America for "protecting gays".

 

I don't understand how a "preacher" could bring such misery to a funeral.

 

Phelps is outraged that the Kansas legislature could want to act against him and his kin. If he can't see the point, they the is no point in talking with him.