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Jason Collins to wear No. 98 with Nets as tribute to slain gay college student Matthew Shepard
NY Daily News ^ | 2/24/14 | Stefan Bondy

Posted on 02/25/2014 12:41:56 PM PST by Impala64ssa

LOS ANGELES — Judy Shepard will be in Denver on Thursday night, about a two-hour drive from where her son, Matt, was brutally murdered in a gay hate crime 16 years ago.

The Nets also will be in Denver on Thursday for their game against the Nuggets, and Judy says she has a warm welcome for Jason Collins if they cross paths.

RELATED: HISTORY MADE AS COLLINS SIGNS WITH NETS, PLAYS IN GAME VS. LAKERS

“I’m just happy for him. It’s wonderful that he’s playing again. I’d tell him thank you and give him a big hug. I have not met him but everyone I know that has has said he’s a gentleman, kind and generous. I’d like very much to thank him and congratulate him.”

Collins plans to wear No. 98 starting Wednesday against the Trail Blazers, a tribute to Matthew Shepard, who was killed in 1998 because he was gay. The brutal nature of Matt’s murder — he was beaten, tortured and left to die hanging on a fence — and the conviction of two men developed into a “watershed moment for the gay community,” as Judy explained, and a “wakeup call” to the rest of America that led to changes in hate crime legislation.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: homoagenda; homosexualagenda; matthewshepard; nba; yawn
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To: Impala64ssa

If I didn’t already not follow NBA basketball this moronic dreck would make me stop following NBA basketball.


41 posted on 02/25/2014 1:29:08 PM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th (and 17th))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Or 60, for the average number of Skittles in a bag...


42 posted on 02/25/2014 1:29:44 PM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th (and 17th))
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To: John O

And don’t forget Jeffrey Curley,either:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KtaNRfvwM0


43 posted on 02/25/2014 1:32:12 PM PST by massmike (If I like my tagline,I can keep it! Obama said so..........)
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To: Impala64ssa

*** her son, Matt, was brutally murdered in a gay hate crime 16 years ago.**

Bunkum. It was a drug deal gone wrong.


44 posted on 02/25/2014 1:36:45 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: El Cid

Dan White was also a member of a handgun control group that later became Handgun Control Inc and now THE BRADY CENTER.

Guns for me, but not for thee.


45 posted on 02/25/2014 1:40:04 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: John O

It happened not far from a friend of mine’s house. I found the original police report on line someone had posted and it was HORRIBLE! Jessie died, tied face down, his underwear stuffed in his mouth, with a cucumber pushed up his anus.


46 posted on 02/25/2014 1:44:22 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Vendome
Shouldn’t he be wearing the number 69?

Numbers... just go with letters... I am thinking "QQ" or "M4M"...

whatever...

Implied caption, here.

47 posted on 02/25/2014 1:48:39 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: VanDeKoik

Perhaps that would also be “98.”


48 posted on 02/25/2014 1:51:10 PM PST by John Semmens
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To: Impala64ssa

Matthew Shepard: another hollow leftist hero.


49 posted on 02/25/2014 2:11:32 PM PST by IronJack
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Dan White was also a member of a handgun control group that later became Handgun Control Inc and now THE BRADY CENTER.

I did not know that.
He certainly needed 'Gun Control' since he obviously could not manage his temper or actions.

50 posted on 02/25/2014 2:39:58 PM PST by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Yes, this is barf-a-rific. We all must comply with the homosexual agenda and are being bombarded daily with messages designed to make it acceptable.

BTW, I hate those Chevy commercials! Maybe the execs should hear about the stories of gay “parents” abusing and even pimping out little boys, even toddlers. It’s sick.


51 posted on 02/25/2014 3:11:27 PM PST by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: svcw

HOMOSEXUAL Drug Dealers at that! What a Myth this young man’s death has become.


52 posted on 02/25/2014 3:27:02 PM PST by LeonardFMason (LanceyHoward would AGREE)
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To: LeonardFMason

Mat Shepard made a meth of his life.

OH, I made a funny!


53 posted on 02/25/2014 4:39:29 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Leftists are completely incapable of comprehending DEBUNKED!


54 posted on 02/25/2014 4:44:48 PM PST by The Toll
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To: Impala64ssa

Should we care what Jason Collins do? Ho hum...


55 posted on 02/25/2014 5:22:56 PM PST by ExCTCitizen (2014: The Year of DEAD RINOS)
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To: Impala64ssa

Exactly!


56 posted on 02/25/2014 5:24:44 PM PST by kcvl
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To: Impala64ssa

As gay journalist Aaron Hicklin, writing in The Advocate asks, “How do people sold on one version of history react to being told that the facts are slippery -— that thinking of Shepard’s murder as a hate crime does not mean it was a hate crime? And how does it color our understanding of such a crime if the perpetrator and victim not only knew each other but also had sex together, bought drugs from one another, and partied together?”

This startling revelation comes in The Book of Matt to be published next week by investigative journalist Stephen Jiminez, who over the course of years interviewed over 100 people including Shepard’s friends, friends of the killers, and the killers themselves.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/09/14/The-Matthew-Shepard-Story-is-a-Lie


57 posted on 02/25/2014 5:30:50 PM PST by kcvl
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To: Impala64ssa

Stefan Bondy

My column: “Gay” is still a word with negative connotations. Hopefully Collins can help change that m.nydailynews.com/sports/basketb… …
9:17am - 24 Feb 14

https://mobile.twitter.com/NYDNInterNets


58 posted on 02/25/2014 5:34:13 PM PST by kcvl
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To: Impala64ssa

59 posted on 02/25/2014 5:37:38 PM PST by kcvl
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To: Impala64ssa

Collins said he has planned at least one act of gay pride and symbolism. He will wear No. 98 as a tribute to Matthew Shepard, a University of Wyoming student who died in an anti-gay hate crime in 1998. The Nets couldn’t accommodate him for Sunday’s game, but Collins said the uniform should be ready for Wednesday night at Portland.

“Life is so much better for me. I don’t have to hide who I am,” Collins said when asked how his life has changed since coming out. “I can just be my normal self. The past 10 months have been incredible. A lot of really cool experiences. Meeting new friends. Hearing different people’s stories. Sharing experiences. It was just really overall positive.

“Be your true authentic self,” Collins added when asked what advice he has for young gay athletes. “Never have fear or shame in it.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/nets/collins-expected-sign-nets-article-1.1699148#ixzz2uO8gqO41


60 posted on 02/25/2014 5:44:05 PM PST by kcvl
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