[Polycarp]

A devout Catholic, Mary Stachowicz met her martyrdom while working at the Sikorski Funeral Home on Chicago’s northwest side, where she got to know Gutierrez, 19, who lived in a second-floor apartment above the funeral home. On the afternoon of November 13, Stachowicz attended Mass at St. Hyacinth parish across the street, then returned to the funeral home and went to visit Gutierrez in his apartment.

According to Chicago police, an argument broke out when Mrs. Stachowicz lectured Gutierrez about his lifestyle and his lack of direction in life. Gutierrez later told police that he had issues with his mother and that the way Stachowicz was talking to him gave him flashbacks of his mother that angered him.

When Stachowicz asked him, "Why do you [have sex with] boys instead of girls?" Gutierrez snapped. In a fit of rage, he punched, kicked, stabbed and strangled the 51-year-old wife and mother of four. Gutierrez then stuffed her body into a crawl space under the floor of his apartment, where it remained for two days until he confessed to police.

Amazingly, some of the most brazenly diabolical comments referred to in this article were mirrored in comments on threads about Mrs. Stachowicz’s Murder on this very Forum.

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[Fish out of Water]

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[laotzu]

"mirrored in comments on threads about Mrs. Stachowicz’s Murder on this very Forum"

Ohhh man!! I wish you were joking.

Shame is brought on us all.

[bourbon]

According to Chicago police, an argument broke out when Mrs. Stachowicz lectured Gutierrez about his lifestyle and his lack of direction in life. Gutierrez later told police that he had issues with his mother and that the way Stachowicz was talking to him gave him flashbacks of his mother that angered him.

[sarcasm]
NOOOO!!! A gay man who has 'issues' with his mother?!?! You have got to be kidding me. I read a newspaper article once that said homosexuality was genetic!
[/sarcasm]

Oh and then there's this: pro-homosexualists

Is that a new term? Never heard that one before.

[Frapster]

It seems to me that the very strength of sites like Freerepublic and conservatives who are gaining such popularity on the national air-waves is their ability to not only espouse the conservative viewpoint but to shape thinking as well. In fact, the freedom to do such a thing is one of the things that makes this country so great. I'd even go so far as to say that the very thing we often want to do internationally in our foreign policy is not to merely defend ourselves but shape foreign governments in such a way that they will embrace a more democratic process for their people.

It does not surprise me that people on FR criticized and even lambasted Mary Stachowicz - it reveals a deep-seated hypocrisy. While we are busy 'Freeping' various politicians on the streets thoughout the country it is shameful and hypocritical to say anything even remotely like 'she deserved it' simply because she was sharing her spiritual convictions. Her right to do so is fundamental to what makes this country great and to affirm in any way an action that stifles that right is to be the very thing we hate.

As for the posted article itself - the homosexual activists in many ways have become the very thing they themselves fear and hate. There was a time in American history (and still exists in some places) where a gay would have been beaten if not to death then nearly so for being gay. As deplorable as that may sound there is a very real mentality as evidenced in this article that they would beat to death a critic and feel justified for doing so. They are 'right' after all. Bullhockey. It's never been right for anyone to beat someone else to death for a sin committed. (we're not talking capital punishment here)

What's the difference between a 'conservative' and a 'homosexual activist' who savors the death of Mary Stachowicz at any level simply because she's a Christian? No difference - they are the same. Despicable.

[Libertina]

an arrogant religious fascist
This was, unhappily, my prediction...the poor woman would be attacked by the left.

[catherine of alexandria]

May the Lord bless her and keep her. I will shout this news of her murder from the rooftops and to anyone that will listen. OT-Wasn't it just recently that a homo group in Italy pushed the Vatican for a Saint for homosexuals?

[Redleg Duke]

I guess rather than trying to help these misbeguided folks to turn away from homosexuality, we could just...