Comments on: Pair plead not guilty in gay teen’s murder

By: majed

majed — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:13:00 +0000

i just wanted to say that california prop 8 did not devide black against white. as we all know there are black homosexuals the devide was age if no one over 65 voted prop 8 would have failed the youth vote was 70% no on 8 age 18 – 29 regardles of race lets not attack each other the way our opponents want us to lets come together in this hateful world we should love and support each other. and lets all stop using degradeing languge shame on you sarrellec and please spare me grammer corections this isnt english class

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:55:07 +0000

I’ve always been intrigued be the phrase “God created Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve”. If this is true, Adam and Eve had to have committed incest in order to populate the earth. That being said, if someone believes the bible to be the true way, then they support incest.
I use this whenever confronted by the bible pounders and it pretty much stops them in their tracks.
Maybe if commercials for gay marriage turned their beliefs back on them, they would stop and think about what they are saying.
Just my thoughts.

By: Jon in Canada

Jon in Canada — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:08:48 +0000

Although it is true that of all minorities gays probably have, in a sense, been persecuted more (the argument can be made) BUT, that does not mean that we should lord ourselves or our suffering over any other group. Suffering and persecution of any group for any reason, most of all religious, is both henious and frankly, dishonest. The truth is that yes, some blacks are homophobic and it can be confusing as to why they would not be more understanding, but calling people ‘negro’ or worse does a disservice to what we should really be striving for. Understanding, communication and most importantly, respect. At the end of the day the old adage holds true, you can get more flies with honey than you can with vinegar.

By: AlexH

AlexH — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:13:41 +0000

Terrible! If they did it, all three should get life. There’s no reason for this senseless act.

It’s unbelievable the hatred that some people feel toward us.

By: TigerTzu

TigerTzu — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:13:10 +0000

The roll call of our martyrs just gets longer and longer.

By: Hispanic Dude

Hispanic Dude — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:02:08 +0000

Sarrellec, by referring to African-Americans as “negros” all that you are accomplishing is depicting yourself as just as much of an ignorant bigot as the homophobes who commit such atrocities as the one mentioned in this story. Not all black people are homophobic and there are indeed gay African-Americans just as every ethnicity has gay members, so how do you expect straight people to accept us homosexuals when the gay commmunity has people like you who are just as prejudiced and ignorant as gay bashers?

By: Staggo Lee

Staggo Lee — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:16:29 +0000

I’d like to say I don’t understand such viciousness, but at my age (56), such incidents don’t surprise me. Hatred of gays is a recurring theme. I am especially disappointed it happened in England, though, because that nation lacks the religiously fueled fanaticism so favored in America. This makes me realize that though laws can benefit members of the lgbt community, changes in mentality will have to take a different, more aggressive route.

By: TheRadicalRealist

TheRadicalRealist — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:49:00 +0000

R.I.P. Michael Causer

Those [screw]-ups had better get life in prison.

By: Leonardo Ricardo

Leonardo Ricardo — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:42:33 +0000

What adds to the viciousness and ugliness of this crime of HATE is that The Lambeth Conference was being held at Canterbury Cathedral AT THE TIME OF THE ATTACK AND THE LATER DEATH…Rowan Williams, the cowardly Archbishop of Canterbury, preached on and on about LGBT Anglicans being ¨prudently¨ excluded from ALL levels of Churchlife (see Lambeth 1.10 Document) and didn´t even mention the crime of HATE commited against Michael Causer at Liverpool. Rowan Williams wouldn´t know ¨compassion¨ if he were hung from it!

By: Chris Sullivan

Chris Sullivan — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:18:09 +0000

James – yet another completely unnecessary response.