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Murder is always an occasion for sadness and like all crimes, the murder of Matthew Shepard was hateful and senseless. Unfortunately, there are those who would make this tragedy doubly horrid by exploiting it to promote an anti-freedom and anti-family agenda.
It is fascinating to think that the very individuals, who for so long have fought for their 'rights' now seek to deny the rights of others. The individuals have claimed and fought for the right of same-sex marriages and benefits to homosexual partners. These individuals now desire to take away my freedom of expression by making it illegal to speak against attacks on traditional values.
These anti-family folks justify their position by claiming that those like myself that hold to traditional values are morally responsible for the murders of homosexuals. It causes me great concern to think that these individuals are so driven by emotion and so intolerant, that they would ask the government to restrict the speech, and thoughts if possible, of those with ideas that conflict with theirs.
The anti-family crowd appeals to emotion by telling us of the anguish and fear that homosexuals live under. They then claim that more laws will somehow dissuade people from committing 'hate crimes' against homosexuals. After you muddle through all the rhetoric, what you find is that the anti-family crowd is not asking that those convicted ot 'hate crimes' be punished more severely, (in most cases, the penalty for crimes such as murder is capital punishment). They are not even asking for legislation that would make it easier to prosecute those accused of 'hate crimes'.
In reality, what they are asking for is legislation that would restrict ideas and the freedom to express those ideas. The result of such legislation would be that calling homosexuality a sin, could lead to criminal prosecution. The real hate crime here seems to be hatred of the 1st Amendment of the Constitution. Which side do you suppose the ACLU will take on this issue?
"Students' religious beliefs ridiculed in class"
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