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DECADE

It has been ten years since Matthew Shepard was tied to a fence, tortured and killed for being gay.

UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING TO DEDICATE BENCH IN HONOR OF MATTHEW SHEPARD

A bench.

Well, we will take it. And it only took them ten years to do it. Fucking generous.

I still cannot bear to think about this and many of the other fatal and non-fatal gay bashings that have occurred in recent years.

While we are grateful for the progress that has been made, our marriage, our lives, we must still remember that there is a lot of work still to be done.

Coming out is the first step.

The second is to speak out.

The third is to vote in the right direction.

John McCain and his crowd have nothing to offer human rights, gay or otherwise. It is not on their agenda. They are haters.

McCain's solution face to face or in national affairs is combat. His backers would root out people like me and, probably you, and exclude them. Probably do the same as they did to Matthew.

Hate is a virus.

The Obama people represent a totally different approach. Support. Love. Care for. Form community. Include. All that.

Isn't that apparent on the face of it?

Labels: gay politics, gay rights