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.
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Im just happy for him. Its wonderful that hes playing again. Id tell him thank you and give him a big hug. I have not met him but everyone I know that has has said hes a gentleman, kind and generous. Id 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 Matts 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 ...
If I didn’t already not follow NBA basketball this moronic dreck would make me stop following NBA basketball.
Or 60, for the average number of Skittles in a bag...
And don’t forget Jeffrey Curley,either:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KtaNRfvwM0
*** her son, Matt, was brutally murdered in a gay hate crime 16 years ago.**
Bunkum. It was a drug deal gone wrong.
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.
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.
Numbers... just go with letters... I am thinking "QQ" or "M4M"...
whatever...
Implied caption, here.
Perhaps that would also be “98.”
Matthew Shepard: another hollow leftist hero.
I did not know that.
He certainly needed 'Gun Control' since he obviously could not manage his temper or actions.
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.
HOMOSEXUAL Drug Dealers at that! What a Myth this young man’s death has become.
Mat Shepard made a meth of his life.
OH, I made a funny!
Leftists are completely incapable of comprehending DEBUNKED!
Should we care what Jason Collins do? Ho hum...
Exactly!
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 Shepards 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 Shepards 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
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
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 couldnt accommodate him for Sundays game, but Collins said the uniform should be ready for Wednesday night at Portland.
Life is so much better for me. I dont 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 peoples 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.
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