The Westboro Baptist Church seems to operate for mostly nonreligious purposes, and as such an investigation and possible removal of the groups tax-exempt status should be instituted. Most of the 100 or so congregants are members of the Phelps family, and that a number of them work for the family's successful law firm --which makes them seem more like a home-grown activist group with a vested financial interest in political outcomes than a religious organization. With this in mind, we the people, would like an investigation into the activities of the Westboro Baptist Church and proof of the groups charitable contributions which would make them a non-profit group.
--parts of this taken from an article written by J. Bryan Lowder