Here's a better link on McKinney and Henderson that clarifies the
relationship to the LDS Church.  See the entry for "The Laramie Project."

http://www.ldsfilm.com/chars/lds_chars3.html


On 10/31/07, Kendall D. Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> 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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>
> 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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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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