Fundamentalist preachers who use radio and television, including the Rev. D. James Kennedy, Pat Robertson, and James Dobson even produce 'special' shows on homosexuality that lead indirectly to violence and to depression, self hatred, and suicide for sensitive young gay and lesbian human beings. They are the victims of this avalanche of hatred from 'Christian' pulpits and 'Christian' television. They use the bible like it has been used in the past to support slavery from the pulpits and to discriminate against women. They aim isolated passages now at gays, even as Martin Luther and Hitler used the bible against Jews. To be an 'accomplice' or 'accessories after the fact' in a murder is a crime as I understand it.
Suicide is the leading cause of death among gay and lesbian youth.
Gay and Lesbian youth are strongly affected by the hostile elements of society against them. Tens of thousands of others fail at suicide attempts and will go on living lives of quiet, lonely, closeted desperation. This is not just a Wyoming problem. It is a cancer growing all through the bible belt, the political and religious right wing, as well as fundamentalists everywhere in America. Matthew Shepard died last Monday.