—the right to not be dragged behind a truck and crucified to a fence in Wyoming is called “Special Rights”—

I can understand this myth being used on many other ‘knucklehead’ sites. I object to it being used here. The poor young man was killed as a result of drug dealings….

As for gay marriage. I have relatives that have had a life together as gay partners. I am sure they did the necessary legal things to protect assets and rights. They never needed to disrespect my marriage or to call their relationship a marriage. Not sure why this is a problem for a very militant few when the foundation of society is so clearly marriage and family.

These facts are: 1) Shepard was HIV-positive and apparently very upset and depressed about it. 2) Shepherd was a frequent user of crystal meth, and was part of a Laramie bar-and-nightlife community that was involved in meth use. 3) Shepard knew his killer, Aaron McKinney, through this drug connection before the night of the murder, and the two had been seen socializing together. 4) McKinney was an active bisexual with a history of engaging in sex with men (something he denies during the 20/20 show, but several other people insist it’s true). 5) And most important, McKinney and Russell Henderson did not kill Matthew Shepard because he was gay; instead, their attempt to rob him went terribly wrong when McKinney flew into a meth-fueled rage and beat Shepard so severely that he died.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070105121638AAgqHmI

“If it wasn’t Shepard, they would have found another easy target. What it came down to really is drugs and money and two punks that were out looking for it,” Fritzen said.

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=277685&page=3