On October 3rd Gwen Araujo was murdered by several ignorant assholes. I won't go into the details of her murder or the reasons for it. You can read the news articles from the above links which summarizes the situation quite well.
I just had to bring this issue up because something that is happening as a result of this is really pissing me off. The family of Gwen is preparing to lay their loved one to rest, just as any other family would. However, unlike any other family they will have to deal with even bigger ignorant assholes than the murderers of Gwen.
Their is a man from the mid-west who has arrived in San Francisco today that has travelled all the way out here out of hatred. This scum, who claims to be a man of god, and his followers will be protesting at Gwen's funeral. They will be shouting vulgarities at Gwen's family and will do anything they can to disrupt the ceremony. These in-bred hillbillies from the Westboro Baptist Church are so filled with hate that they would travel halfway accross the country to harass a greiving family at a teenagers funeral.
I understand that Gwen's lifestyle is not accepted by a vast majority of our population. I understand that the religious beleifs of many people tell them that the way in which Gwen lived her life is wrong. No one is asking them to give up their religious beleifs. No one is asking them to like, or even accept Gwen's lifestyle as normal. But one thing that I absolutely demand from them and everyone else is that the Gwen's of this world be treated like human beings.
Gwen was a human being with a family like everyone else. She had hopes and dreams like everyone else. She had a right to live and pursue her dreams and be loved by her family and share her love with others like everyone else.
9:35 a.m. - 2002-10-24
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