El hombre religioso Fred Phelps, catalogado como antigay, anunció
hace unas semanas sus intenciones de construir un monumento a
Matthe Shepard, estudiante que fuera brutalmente asesinado hace
cinco años en el estado de Wyoming. Lamentablemente, no será un
monumento honrando la vida del joven gay, que se ha convertido en
un símbolo de la homo fobia rampante que existe en el mundo de hoy.
Lea los detalles a continuación un artículo que saliera en
365Gay.com sobre el particular:
”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. Phelps has sent details of the monument to the city of
Casper city council and there may be nothing the city can do to
prevent it. Phelps said he intends to put up the monument in City
Park, already the location of a controversial statue of the Ten
Commandments.
The Ten Commandments statue was donated to the city by the
Fraternal Order of the Eagles in 1965. After a court battle over a
similar monument in the city of Ogden, the 10th Circuit Court of
Appeals ruled that any city that displays a Ten Commandments
monument on public property must also allow monuments espousing
the views of other religions or political groups on that same
property.
The city council is looking at several options, one is fighting
Phelps in court, another is moving the Ten Commandments out of the
park, and yet another proposal would be to sell the land the park
is on. Phelps says he doesn't care what the city decides. If he is
unable to put the statue in City Park he said he will find another
location in the city.
During Shepard's funeral members of Phelps' Westoboro Baptist
Church demonstrated in front of the chapel.
FUENTE: 365Gay.com, 2003
FORO DE ORGULLO
Qué les parece la intención de Fred Phelps ? Está o no de
acuerdo con su plan ?
Envíe su respuesta a
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FIRMA LA CARTA DE OPOSICIÓN
Please voice your opposition to this proposition by signing
this Nation-wide Petition, launched October 9, 2003 on behalf of a
concerned member of the Gay community. Help put an end to Fred
Phelps' distasteful actions before they have a chance to spread
the ideas of hatred and discrimination that he so boldly presents
to the world.
Opposition to Reverend Fred Phelps' Proposed
Anti-Gay Matthew Shepard Monument in Casper, Wyoming Petition
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