he was a religious fanatic.... so I would say it played a roll..... yes
http://www.occupydemocrats.com/louisiana-movie-shooter-was-an-obama-hating-tea-partier-white-supremacist/

"Some of his last tweets read: “if you don’t think the internet is censored, try reading a newspaper from a country that hates liberals the way I do” and that the “Westboro Baptist Church may be the last real church in America.”"