In the case of the Wyoming murder, one wonders about the two girlfriends, now charged as accessories to the crime. Typically, a sympathy exists between gay males and heterosexual females. Very early, the gay little boy learns to keep his eyes to himself when he is with other boys. In truth, America, perhaps more than any other nation of the world, is not a country of family values. We treasure the individual's right to create her own identity.
Most American parents raise their kids to leave home.
Whereas once mom was the one who tried to hold an unruly family together, now she wants out. Institutional America is struggling now with homosexuality because gays are proclaiming our utter normalcy. According to media reports, Matthew Shepard, a University of Wyoming student, was trilingual. He had just returned form Europe. Clearly, he was a young man unafraid of the world.