Post by ADH7901 on Oct 7, 2003 13:19:18 GMT -5
OMG...this guy is gonna make a statue of matthew shephard in his hometown in the park...saying "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." 
What an absoultely horrible thing to do!!!! Don't they care about his family or friend's feelings...they are making the awful tragedy of his death that much worse for them. 
What a dumb guy... 
Heres the e-mail:
Just in case you haven't barfed yet today, this might help you out!
>Phelps To Erect Matthew Shepard Monument
>by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
>
>Posted: October 3, 2003 5:57 p.m. ET
>
>
>(Casper, Wyoming) 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.
>
>Phelps told Casper council in his letter that if it attempts to
prevent him
>from erecting the homophobic monument he's prepared to go to court.
>
>"That is exactly what I said would happen," said Councilwoman Barb
Watters.
>She said she warned the city when it accepted the Ten Commandments
statue
>that the city risked other monuments advocating anti-Semitism and
hatred of
>other minorities.
>
>''I think the hate language will find a very cold reception in this
>community,'' councilor Paul Bertoglio said. ''I think this community's
>backbone is going to come up and say 'We are not going to accept
it.'''
>
>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.
What an absoultely horrible thing to do!!!! Don't they care about his family or friend's feelings...they are making the awful tragedy of his death that much worse for them. 
What a dumb guy... 
Heres the e-mail:Just in case you haven't barfed yet today, this might help you out!
>Phelps To Erect Matthew Shepard Monument
>by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
>
>Posted: October 3, 2003 5:57 p.m. ET
>
>
>(Casper, Wyoming) 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.
>
>Phelps told Casper council in his letter that if it attempts to
prevent him
>from erecting the homophobic monument he's prepared to go to court.
>
>"That is exactly what I said would happen," said Councilwoman Barb
Watters.
>She said she warned the city when it accepted the Ten Commandments
statue
>that the city risked other monuments advocating anti-Semitism and
hatred of
>other minorities.
>
>''I think the hate language will find a very cold reception in this
>community,'' councilor Paul Bertoglio said. ''I think this community's
>backbone is going to come up and say 'We are not going to accept
it.'''
>
>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.
