[Newspoetry] Love and Compassion

[Gavroche]

Love and Compassion

Five years ago he was kidnapped,
beaten into a coma.
How did he provoke his murderers?
By being gay.

To commemmorate the anniversary
Man of God
Minister Fred Phelps
wants to erect a monument
to Matthew Shepard.
He wants the inscription to read:
Matthew Shepard, Entered Hell
Oct 12, 1998.

Minister Fred Phelps
has a strange way of expressing
how one is supposed to
"love the sinner."

And while I'm not a member
of his church
I am somewhat surprised
he finds himself knowledgeable
about the condition
of Matthew's soul.

Meanwhile, our President
George W. Bush
declares Oct 12-18
Marriage Protection Week.
(Even though Matthew
was denied the ability
to live long enough
to offer any threat to marriage.)

It almost seems
they are trying to justify
the actions of Matthew's murderers,
as if it is ok to kill
if someone happens not to profess
the same beliefs as you.

-- John Newmark

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/10/20031003-12.html

http://uk.gay.com/headlines/5159

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