In The Laramie Project: Act 3. A group of anti-gay protesters show up at Matthew Shepard's funeral.They say that gays should not deserve 'special rights'. (Possibly referring to the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Hate crime prevention Act of 2009). Oct 1998 Matthew Shepard's Funeral Video - many of the protesters proclaim hate against gays and their 'filthy lifestyle'. (2:05-2:30) This form of hate is also present in The Laramie Project when reverend Fred Phelps speaks at the funeral "But this murder is different because the f*gs are bringing us out here trying to make Matthew Shepard into a poster boy for the gay lifestyle". / "If God doesn't hate f*gs why does he put them in hell?" Act 3 (pg 77 - 80). Then in response to the hate, there have been speeches and some prevention acts put into place (James Byrd / Matthew Shepard hate crime prevention acts - which Obama speaks about. With all of the commotion at Matthew Shepard's funeral, and the case in general, it implores the question: just how far do we need to / and are we willing to protect people against all different types of hate?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/president-obama-commemorates-enactment-hate-crimes-prevention-act
http://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/abc-archives-ntba2252a-14742533
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