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In Memoriam To A Gentle Spirit * Matthew Shepard  [message #64337] Tue, 12 October 2010 13:39 Go to next message
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Re: In Memoriam To A Gentle Spirit * Matthew Shepard  [message #64339 is a reply to message #64337] Tue, 12 October 2010 14:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Some memories are even harder when the victim was also good looking. But his looks and the ghastly treatment meted out to him have had some positives. Not for him, obviously. But he is well fitted to be the poster child against hate crimes, a term I hate yet understand.

If I believed in a heaven I would expect him to look down and approve of how his name and image is being used.


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Re: In Memoriam To A Gentle Spirit * Matthew Shepard  [message #64343 is a reply to message #64337] Wed, 13 October 2010 12:02 Go to previous message
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I still find myself thinking about Matthew, even as we endure this latest wave of young suicides. The brutality of his death and the aftermath is symbolic to me of the way too many in the straight community view gay people.

If there is one shining example of hope in all of this it is the way Matthew's mother has stepped up and spoken out. Judy Shepard is a woman driven, by her grief and the need she sees for our society to make drastic changes. She is my role model for a person of courage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1JiN4IcyvA


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