They didn't overtly _support_ McKinney and Hendricks, but they said Matt
"got what he deserved."  There were placards saying "fags burn in Hell," and
worse.  The only overt tie to the LDS Church was that McKinney (if I
remember correctly; it may have been Henderson) was raised in an LDS
household, but had fallen away from the church when he moved out of the
house.  He was officially excommunicated after his conviction.

http://gayequalityandthelaw.townhall.com/2007/06


On 10/31/07, Linda Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> No I don't think it will be overturned. They might adjust the
> settlement. I hope not. Civil law is the only way to send these
> messages. Bankrupting them is just. Churches can believe anything
> they want but they are not free to practice those beliefs when they
> interfere with the rights of others. One example of this is when
> Christian Science parents let their children die of preventable
> causes like a burst appendix because they refuse to take the child to
> a doctor. Another is the FLDS where Warren Jeffs believes he has the
> right to give young girls to men of his choosing for sexual and
> breeding purposes. He can believe it but if he acts on that belief he
> is criminally liable.
> Fascinating about Matt Shepherd. Did they support Matts killers then?
> Followed that enough to know the perpetrators were linked to the LDS.
>
> At 03:16 PM 10/31/2007, you wrote:
> >Kat and Linda,
> >
> >Phelps and his ilk have been present in Wyoming quite a bit in the last
> ten
> >years - at Matt Shepard's funeral and at the trials of Matt's
> killers.  I'm
> >so glad to see this, and hope it bankrupts them, although I've got a
> strong
> >suspicion it will be overturned on appeal, because the present Supreme
> Court
> >leans toward preserving the rights of "churches," regardless of how they
> are
> >constructed.  I went to church with Matt and his family 15 years ago, and
> >remember Matt as a nice kid who was a good acolyte.
> >
> >
> >On 10/31/07, Linda Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Yes this is great. I am so sorry for the poor kids born into that hate
> > > cult
> > > masquerading as a religion tho.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >Someone went after these idiots and won!  I found this group's actions
> > > >unspeakably abhorrent and disrespectful of our solders who gave up
> their
> > > >lives for this country.
> > > >
> > > >http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21566280/
> > > >
> > > >Kat
> > > >
> > > >-----------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Kendall
> > >
> > > An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
> > >
> > > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
> > > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
> progress
> > > depends on the unreasonable man.
> > >
> > > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
> >
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An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
depends on the unreasonable man.

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