Reply #13: I remember when I was still in college... [View All]

[LostInAnomie]

... Matthew Shepard's mother came to speak at our school. I though "No big deal", so I went down to hear what she had to say. When I walked to the auditorium outside the building were dozens of Fred Phelps wanna-be's with their "God Hates Fags" and "Your son is in Hell" signs. They all looked like they were from the back-woods with big bristly beards, white button up shirts, and dress slacks. They reminded me of the congregation at a snake-handlers church.

I just couldn't believe that people like them actually existed. That somewhere there were actually people who had remained absolutely immune to the cultural advancement that had taken place in the past 50 years.

It was a big wake-up call.

This "mother" is cut from the same cloth.