Posted on 11/15/2004 8:14:16 AM PST by gidget7
ABC 20/20 Agrees: Matthew Shepard Murdered During Robbery, Not Hate Crime The 1998 Matthew Shepard murder, portrayed as a hate crime because Shepard was homosexual, was in fact a bungled burglary and not motivated by hate, according to a new ABC 20/20 investigation, which confirms a MassNews exclusive published at the time. However, ABC did not reveal that this legend was begun by Pinch Sulzberger (using the power of both the New York Times and the Boston Globe which he had just inherited) to begin his plan of imposing homosexual marriage across the entire nation, beginning in Massachusetts. According to 20/20, the murder set in motion a drive to promulgate hate-crime laws to protect homosexuals from discrimination, with the principal proponent being Sen. Edward Kennedy. ABC has now interviewed the killers, which revealed that the two made a bargain with the court that they would not speak to the media in exchange for an agreement sparing them the death penalty. They are both serving consecutive, double-life sentences. Shepard was a college student beaten to death by McKinney and Henderson in Laramie, Wyoming. MassNews re-ran a summary of their exclusive story last Friday, advising all conservative candidates in the future that they must candidly discuss these issues about homosexuality with the voters or they will never win election or re-election. ABC was timid about going up against Sulzbergers hoax, saying: This new information in no way diminishes the importance of the national conversation that took place after Matthew Shepard's murder." Their story is slated to air on Nov. 26.
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Wow, I just thought of that when I was pinged to this article just a few minutes ago! I'll bet you that nutcase is getting some "activist" money to keep the noise level up!
Take the ABC 20/20 tape with you every time you go to diversity training.
Better yet, mail a tape with a nice note to Elsie Cross.
You're right. Once they've promulgated a story that supports their redesign of society, the facts don't matter.
Meanwhile, MSM silence about the Jesse Dirkhising murder remains deafening.
I wanted to bump this for comment since HBO is now re-running the Laramie Project on its stations. I just saw this movie for the first time...and it is the biggest piece of propaganda I have ever seen.
These people who produced this movie are doing nothing more than using Shepard's death to advance their agenda of Hate-Crime legislation. Heck, I'm surprised that they are still running this film since recent revelations prove much of it to be false.
What was most disturbing was that these people didn't just indict the killers of Shepard...they indicted the whole town of Laramie...and Red State America. They did a similar thing with the murder of James Byrd in Jasper, Texas...again, indicting society as a whole. These people put Goebbels to shame.
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