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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 days ago (3 children)
[–] Late2TheParty 55 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm lazy, so I just stole this from Wiki.

Matthew Wayne Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) was an American student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie on the night of October 6, 1998.[1] He was taken by rescuers to Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he died six days later from severe head injuries received during the attack.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

Thank you! What a horrible crime and I can’t believe people would deface the grave of a victim like this…

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Look up The Laramie Project, too. It was birthed because of the tragedy and tells the stories of real people who have been the victims of hate and homophobia.

[–] CompostMaterial 16 points 3 days ago

It's the very type of people that would murder him would also deface a grave. Religion is a bane on humanity, and zealots are religion at is core essence.

[–] themeatbridge 9 points 3 days ago

They brutally murdered him first. Why wouldn't they deface his grave?

[–] ramenshaman 4 points 3 days ago

Most people suck.

[–] NOT_RICK 40 points 3 days ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard

A victim of a horrible hate crime. Guilty merely of being gay in Wyoming in the 90’s.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Never forget M.S. Rip his soul. I see the same sort of hate rising up these days. It is senseless and sickening.

Nominate this bishop for sainthood for standing up to Trump.