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(Casper, Wyoming) Anti-gay preacher Fred Phelps has announced intentions to erect a monument to Matthew Shepard the gay college student brutally murdered five years ago near Laramie. But, the monument will be no memorial. Phelps says the monument would be 5 to 6 feet tall and made of marble or granite. It would bear a bronze plaque bearing the image of Shepard and have an inscription reading "MATTHEW SHEPARD, Entered Hell October 12, 1998, in Defiance of God's Warning: 'Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind; it is abomination.' Leviticus 18:22." The monument would be erected in downtown Casper, Shepard's home town.(read more here and sign the petition) Now maybe it's just me but that seems to be the most absurd, disrespectful, and downright rude thing I've ever heard of. It's funny how we all complain so much about hate, and how the world is falling apart, then people like him go and do things like that just proving that society has been so degraded that we cant even keep our opinions to ourselves anymore. I can understand that not everyone agrees with homosexuality, and thats perfectly okay, but I disagree with this for a number of reasons. 1: This will be erected in his hometown. This boys parents, friends, and loved-ones will have to see it on a daily basis. How can anyone ever expect to get over something so tragiv when your reminded of it every day by a statue?? 2: It's one thing to have an opinion but it's a completely different thing to erect a monument which is supposed to honor and be in rememberance of a person that you cared about. It should not be used as a vindictive self-rightous campaigne. 3: In the bible it also clearly states "judge not lest ye be judged yourself". along with many other phrases including the famous 'he who is without sin cast the first stone'. It is not up to a person be it a religious figure or not to judge anyone for anything just because they dont agree with it. It's things like this that make me question where society is really headed. << ~ >> Written on 2004-01-22 @ 4:21 p.m.

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