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(0 diggs) Scott Swenson: Fred Phelps and a Tale of Two Matts
Matthew Snyder and Matthew Shepard died eight years apart under very different circumstances, both casualties of war. Snyder, a marine, died in Iraq in 2006. He was 20 and heterosexual. Shepard, a civilian, died at 21; the victim of a gay-bashing outside Laramie, Wyoming, inspired by a culture war waged by far right religious and political leaders. Adding insult to the injury of burying a child, the Snyder and Shepard families had to deal with something never witnessed in history before 1991:...
Matthew Snyder and Matthew Shepard died eight years apart under very different circumstances, both casualties of war. Snyder, a marine, died in Iraq in 2006. He was 20 and heterosexual. Shepard, a civilian, died at 21; the victim of a gay-bashing outside Laramie, Wyoming, inspired by a culture war waged by far right religious and political leaders. Adding insult to the injury of burying a child, the Snyder and Shepard families had to deal with something never witnessed in history before 1991:...
(2 diggs) HUFFPOST HILL - SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2010
Christine O'Donnell pulled a political Kerri Strug today, simultaneously alienating groups so divergent that most people would tear a ligament attempting such a straddle. Gays, lesbians, witches and Sarah Palin weren't the only ones being offended: Jimmy Carter is hurting George H. W. Bush's feelings by professing his greatness, a New York pol is scribbling racist nonsense and a city councilwoman in Vancouver, Washington is gaveling you the hell out of her meeting. Hide your agriculture...
Christine O'Donnell pulled a political Kerri Strug today, simultaneously alienating groups so divergent that most people would tear a ligament attempting such a straddle. Gays, lesbians, witches and Sarah Palin weren't the only ones being offended: Jimmy Carter is hurting George H. W. Bush's feelings by professing his greatness, a New York pol is scribbling racist nonsense and a city councilwoman in Vancouver, Washington is gaveling you the hell out of her meeting. Hide your agriculture...