You caused a stir in October 1997 when you said in a speech that because of the sitcom Ellen, Americans were forced to look at sexual orientation in a more open light. Yes, I was surprised by the reaction. Maybe I should not have been. It did seem out of proportion to the issue and to what I said. Many Americans were deeply affected by the slaying of Matthew Shepard last year.
Evil has a face that s recognizable when close at hand.
Evil sometimes gives a sign of its presence. The horrific image of Matthew Shepard suffering on barbed wire was an image that clearly manifested the presence of evil among us. It represented a malignant hatred that consumes the hater as well as the hated. It has a life of its own, and it cannot be tolerated. If it is tolerated, it grows and spreads.