tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post8027590395354011728..comments2023-10-06T08:10:05.853-04:00Comments on Necromancy Never Pays: The American projectJeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-89966591654154262922008-02-25T08:22:00.000-05:002008-02-25T08:22:00.000-05:00Oh! So this particular Jehovah's Witness was one ...Oh! So this particular Jehovah's Witness was one of those people who would probably lose her faith in God if a tragedy happened in her family. (Whatever happened to that Roman Catholic saying "only the good die young"?)Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-50317692407011352062008-02-24T18:39:00.000-05:002008-02-24T18:39:00.000-05:00J - you know me, I'm with you 100% about MS. The J...J - you know me, I'm with you 100% about MS. <BR/>The JW was sure that MS had comiitteed terrible sin or else God would not have let him die in that fashion. When pressed, one of teh sins was that MS had tried to pick up a man in a bar for pre-marital sexual relations.<BR/><BR/>Now assuming that the murderers told the truth about what happened that night (which I don't) I understand her viewpoint: not only gay, but pre-marital. <BR/><BR/>Still, the fact that she and I were able to agree on something religious, that a family deserved the right to mourn in sacred space without interference, does give me hope.lemminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06767103318863906140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-44402241750545134542008-02-21T09:31:00.000-05:002008-02-21T09:31:00.000-05:00What "sin" did Matthew Shepard commit? He was tar...What "sin" did Matthew Shepard commit? He was targeted by two people who perceived him to be a member of a group they hated.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-81817668668168593362008-02-20T20:02:00.000-05:002008-02-20T20:02:00.000-05:00Not long after MS was murdered, a Jehovah's Witnes...Not long after MS was murdered, a Jehovah's Witness tried to save me. I was eating a long lunch in the cafeteria and glad of the company - I think she was glad to have someone who wasn't hostile.<BR/><BR/>Shepherd came up (naturally) and I comemented that I firnly believe that all Cristians could find common ground in what had happened. "EH??!" We did - we agreed that whatever sin Shepherd might or might not have committed, his family deserve to have been able to bury him in privacy and in respet, rather than a media and protest driven circus.<BR/><BR/>This gives mehope.lemminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06767103318863906140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-10135483995878279162008-02-20T16:01:00.000-05:002008-02-20T16:01:00.000-05:00I was so impressed in watching The Laramie Project...I was so impressed in watching The Laramie Project, I bought it on DVD. I was in Laramie around the same time that Matthew Shepard was killed. No place is immune. <BR/><BR/>Whenever people cite Leviticus, I always ask them if they follow all of the other commands of the book--usually not. <BR/><BR/>My big challenge these days is getting Maggie not to use the word "gay" in the perjorative way that kids do now. <BR/><BR/>Most homophobes wouldn't believe themselves to be haters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com