Comments on: Classmates remember murdered Larry King

By: chris

chris — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:07:41 +0000

see, this is why we need sexuality, as well as sex education, students need to be taught the truth of homosexuality, by people who know the truth, religious people distort the truth, and we need to combat this to show that being gay, bi, lesbian, transgender, is a natural part of life.

By: porter

porter — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:22:01 +0000

my condolences goes out to the king family but that just the tip of the iceberg if we fail to educate our children on how to repect others gender this is the job of the parents where was that boys parents if he is able to take a gun to school instead of abag of lunch this should serve as a wake up call to all parents because if a child can bring a gun into school your child could be the next no child is safe that why parents should be held accountable for thier child actions when they are that young and hate is on thier minds they need help racism is learned and it starts at home

By: John in CA

John in CA — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:36:22 +0000

The way for Congress to “honor” the victims is to stop the foot dragging and send hate crimes legislation to President Obama’s desk. And by “Congress,” I mean the SENATE of course. The House of Representatives has already passed this legislation several times. It is time for the GOP obstructionists in the Senate to get with the program.

It is some small justice that the DA in Ventura County takes his duties seriously with regards to the King case. However, too often, local law enforcement offcials treat gay lives as worthless. As with that awful case in South Carolina, where a thug killed a gay man and basically got away with it (four years under involuntary manslaughter). We need to empower the FBI and the federal courts to take over the investigation / prosecution of such cases.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:06:40 +0000

The fact that this happened in California last year is not surprising. Those who lived through the campaign against us know who is responsible for the death and other gay bashing incidents. The churches have dehumanized our community to the public at large. We are not seen as human beings to the majority of people in this state. Why would we be? The churches and the president see us as unworthy of any equality. That is the sorry state of California and the US in 2009. I am ashamed to be part of either.

By: KaninZ

KaninZ — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:19:51 +0000

Another King falls to a bullet of hate.

By: Steven

Steven — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:07:51 +0000

As a proud gay man I am horified by this murder and hate crime but there are two vitums here Larry King and the youg man that killed him, to be taught since childhood to hate gay people or any one different is a hate crime in it self neather one hade a chance and to put this young man behind bars for the rest of his life is wrong Im not saying he should not be punished but one so young has a chance to redeeme himself. There are more young people out there that are titering on the same path but untill we stop the cause of the hate there will be more Larry Kings and the young people that will be put in prison for that crime will be butilized and to butilize a child is a hate crime there are far to many childern in prison now and to think of what they are going through is beyoud human reasoning. to protect the young gay and lesbian students all young people have to be taught we are not that different but untill we stop the people that are esposing this hate the crimes will continue.

By: Bill Perdue

Bill Perdue — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:52:16 +0000

King and the dozens of others killed in the election period are victims of the right centrists campaign by to whip up homophobic hysteria around same sex marriage.

Without question the denial of rights is the same as denying that we’re fully human and that we deserve the same rights as others.

The codefendants in this case should include Pelosi and Reid who dropped the hate crimes bill to pander to bigots, cults like the mormons, Warren’s southern baptists and the roman catholic cult and McCain and Obama who deliberately helped defeat us in California. McCain honestly said he was bigot. Obama, dishonestly, given his previous record or support said that not only was he now a bigot but that the sky pixie was too’, i.e. “god’s in the mix”.

These deaths cannot just be forgotten. They’ll take on real meaning in our lives if we organize a series of mass marches in DC and across the country to demand passage of the hate crimes act, the version of ENDA before it was raped by Barney and the Republicans and the repeal of the Democrat/Republican bipartisan right centrist laws DOMA and DADT.

Rest in peace Letitia/Lawrence.