He had overheard that the kids involved were going to be attacking him, he went to 2 principals at the school and they did nothing, didn’t even call his parents. Before he got off the school bus he tried to get the bus driver to help him as well, but the driver also did nothing.

8 other kids watched while he was beaten for 7 minutes while the kid doing the beating said things like ” Your not going to be gay anymore” The beating ended when a person who lived in the neighborhood came out and fired a shotgun into the air. What would have happened had the neighbor not been home?

The bus driver has been suspended, and the school is doing an investigation on the situation. What that means here in Houston is that probably they will give the driver a few days off and give the 2 school Principals a slap on the wrist. If anything else happens it would be a first.

With these two other deaths it seems the world has gone mad. Hate Crime rates up everywhere. Please if you can look into this to raise even more awareness I think it is important. He is about the same age as Jason.

It is scary that we now need to be more wary then ever. Be careful all of you. We are being attacking left and right everyday somewhere and the severity level is escalating.

Given the fact that Jason was murdered in such a gruesome way, let’s try and at least look at some of the positive aspects of this case. He had a supportive community around him at school. Without delving too deeply into his family affairs, he seems to have had support back home as well.

I know it’s really sad to take a look at the whole situation, but we should all remember that he was a gay teenager in modern times who was able to flourish when given support by his community, even if his life was ended too early.

I didn’t read about this crime here. I read about it on another news site. I read about it, and then I read the comments people had left in response to the article. I counted just three comments expressing genuine sympathy before it began – a comment suggesting that if he hadn’t been gay he would still be alive. Then shortly after a comment talking about how he is burning in hell. Then not long after that a comment suggesting that all gay men and women should see what happened to this young man as a warning.

I felt sick seeing those comments, but at the same time I expected them. They didn’t surprise me any more than seeing Chris Sullivan’s comments or mg’s comments on here. When something like this happens, you know that certain people are going to take the opportunity to exploit the situation, to use the tragedy to voice their hateful opinions, to further their agendas.

Whether it’s the religious nutjobs declaring that this young man would be alive if he was straight or deserved what he got, or the gay nutjobs once again spouting their hateful nonsense declaring all Christians bigots and attempting to undermine the reasonable, rational beliefs of others, you can guarantee that an act of hatred as vile as this one will act like a beacon for those with hatred in their hearts.

I am not Christian. I do not believe in God or Heaven. That does not mean I feel the need to ridicule people who do believe. In fact, I envy many of my Christian friends. They seem to have a peace in their hearts that I doubt I will ever really find. Perhaps that peace is born of a delusion, but if so then what’s so damn appealing about reality.

When are certain people in the gay community going to realize that Christianity does not automatically mean hatred. When are certain people in the gay community going to realize that religion and homosexuality do not have to be mutually exclusive. And when are those same people going to realize that they are succumbing to the same kind of hatred that allows a minority of religious people to twist their faith to justify their own hatred.

This stereotyping, this blind rage, may not be the cause of this young man’s death – it sounds like there was much more going on – but it is the same attitude that leads to countless crimes against gay men and women. I would never suggest that we turn the other cheek when we encounter hatred. I would never suggest that we tolerate intolerance. I do, however, believe that it’s about time we practice what we preach. Meet tolerance with tolerance, acceptance with acceptance, and stop shitting on the beliefs of those who actually do respect our individual beliefs.

Christianity does not automatically mean hatred and intolerance, any more than homosexuality means freedom from bigoted attitudes.

Let’s pretend for a moment that not everyone lives on this website nor cares to search every page for references, and that James blogs are more about editorial analysis than being paid to Tweet every passing thought about on-site drama as though he were posting his pages by texting.

What the hell is he talking about now?

After all, the burden of proof is not on those making magical claims. Being brainwashed into a belief doesn’t make it true.

Also, nobody can “steal” anyone’s belief in life or in death (as poetic as the notion sounds).

Enjoy your beliefs and if it works for you, then good for you. I choose to live in the real world, thanks.

This creature saw an opportunity to victimize a child it didn’t matter if the child was gay, boy or girl. He is a monster.

Period.

And I hope that the those in prison visit onto him the same things he inflected on this poor child.

Next, Chris Sullivan and MG, tt is VERY obvious that you both don’t believe in an afterworld. That is fine but that is your view point but I just wanted to state that I and many of us disagree with you aobut it.

That this child was raised to believe that there is a heaven and in dismissing his believe is to rob this child in death.

After all neither of you have died and came back to tell us if there is or is not an afterworld. There are a lot of people you have died and came back due to CPR and they spoke of a place very much like heaven.

It is your choice what to believe or not, but please don’t dismiss this child’s nor other people’s believe. After all you might be wrong.

We’re angry. Righteously angry. Bloodthirsty even. We want to see a killer brought to justice. That is in no way diminished by sincerely hoping there is a life beyond this one in which this young man’s bright flame still burns.

From what I have read his short 15 years was not waisted, he was loved by his friends, excepted by his family, he was his true self and he was an example to his peers, until he was stolen from all of us. To think of what he may have been able to accomplish, had he been allowed to, makes me weep.

Rest in Peace Jason.

The family has my most heart felt sympathy.

Will all this Madness ever stop?