April 25, 2014

The following excerpts are from the article “The True Legacy of Matthew Shepard” by Chad Felix Greene on the American Thinker website: “We now know that Matthew Shepard died in a drug deal with his gay lover that cold October night in Wyoming. We know the drug was crystal meth and we all know the terrible consequences of using that drug. His death was cruel and unjustified, but it was not a hate crime and it certainly was not a brilliant light shining down upon the ugly realities of a hostile and violent heterosexual population threatening gay people. Yet why do gays still hold so tightly to this narrative?”

“The liberal mindset seems to be perfectly comfortable with emotionally gratifying lies as long as they serve a purpose. The incident emboldened the gay left to push for aggressive hate crime laws, and despite being one of a small handful of gay bashing violence in the entire decade, the story has been continuously used as justification for gay fear of violence.” …

“The FBI Hate Crimes report for 2011 shows 1,256 hate crimes against gay people in the U.S. That is about 0.01% of the gay population, roughly one in ten thousand.” …

“According to the 2010 CDC report titled: The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, Sexual Violence by a non-intimate gay man was reported by 40.2% of gay men. Any violence by an intimate same-sex partner was reported by 26% of gay men. Lesbians reported 43.8% in that same category. In fact, 28.6% of heterosexual men who reported being sexually assaulted were assaulted by other men.”

“Where exactly is this vast threat of heterosexual violence against gay people coming from again? It seems more logical to conclude that that the biggest threat of personal violence a gay man faces comes from other gay men.” …