It doesn't thicken at all .WBC exists for one reason and one reason alone.
The "church" is there to offend people while remaining within the law and then suing anyone who gets offended enough to cross any legal line.
Stop them from protesting at a funeral..taxpyer gets stiffed for restricting their rights.
Slash the tyres on their party wagon...taxpayer pays for police failing to protect from an obvious threat.
Fred is on the gravy train and probably manages to screw a tax free status out of it too