Thank God for Dead Soldiers? What?

When I see these people protesting whatever they are protesting with their signs that say things like "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" and "Thank God for IEDs" and "God Hates Fags", I can't understand what these people are protesting. Are they protesting homosexual soldiers? Are they protesting the war? Are they protesting gay wars? Are they protesting the United States? It makes no sense "Thank God for dead soldiers". The only thing good that has come from dead soldiers is some of the great advancements that have been made in the world throughout history because of battles that were fought and won such as our independance. Thank god for the soldiers who gave their lives to fight for that. But I really don't think these protesters down town are coming from that point of view. If I had a gun, I would walk up to them and say "Thank god for bullets" and pull the trigger.