Young, Gay and Murdered

Newsweek ^ | 7-20-08 | Andrew Murr and Jennifer Ordoñez

[RangerM]

Sometimes a tragedy is just that.

A tragic life.

A tragic death.

Nothing more.

[Brainhose]

I agree with you. What some people are forgetting is that kid that was being harassed was also most likely being given a hard time by his friends who were most likely busting his chops constantly because the little queer was obsessed with this kid.
So, he was probably completely miserable and at his wits end feeling as if he had no friends anymore. I'm not saying the shooting was justified at all but if he had beaten up little queenie, then he would have been charged with a hate crime anyway and still have ended up in the calaboose.
You can't win with the gay agenda types, no matter what you just end up bending over and taking it.

[Chickensoup]

I dont think that it was the lifestyle, I think it was the harrassment.

I agree. If the powers that be want to protect young homosexuals they will need to teach the adolescents not to hit on hetrosexual males. Just like we teach girls not to be sexually open to dangerous and deviant males.

[dmz]

The shooter is no more screwed up than the homosexual boy.

gonna have to major league disagree with you on this point. Larry, the gay kid, put a bullet in no one's head. Brandon did, which demonstrates exactly how screwed up he was. Putting a bullet in another's head is in now way warranted or justified by what went on here.

[Hyzenthlay]

I agree, too. If he was a straight guy who was harassing a girl, I don’t think the girl would have got into as much trouble for shooting him (however, if it was a girl harassing a guy who ended up shooting her, the guy would have still got in a lot of trouble, cause we’ve got double standards all around). I think that kids should just be taught ‘this is sexual harassment, it’s not acceptable, regardless of gender or orientation’ straight up, maybe in 4th or 5th grade, so when puberty kicks in, they know some boundaries.

And I don’t think it’s them hitting on straight guys that’s a problem, but repeatedly hitting on someone who’s not interested - gay guys generally have pretty good gaydar, but they even make mistakes sometimes, or the person in question hasn’t come out yet. For example, if another girl hit on me, my answer would be “No thanks, I’m straight”. One time to find out if the other party is or isn’t interested is OK, anything beyond that is uncalled for.

[RightWingTeen]

Excuse me but as a teen with 2 homosexual friends, I have to say that - teens need to be accepted for what they are. My 2 friends HATES the way gays are when shown on TV or when you see those GAY PRIDE Parades.

Lawrence King is 180 degrees from my friends. They are dressed at school the way I am - CONSERVATIVLY - Jeans, polo shirts, sneakers - not the way Lawrence King dresses.

Brandon McInerney is a HOMOPHOBE. People like that need to be tolerent of others. Yes, my friends and I are conservatives - and I would love to tell Brandon the HOMOPHOBE what I think of him - AND PEOPLE LIKE HIM!!!

[Bon mots]

Larry should have been punished for his stalking like behavior, but Brandon (the shooter) had no justification what so ever to shoot him. Murder can never be justified.

No but it can be explained.
He ended up in a place for troubled teens, and sexually harassing them with the most disgusting behavior can easily push them over the edge. It's not the first time a freak pushed someone over the edge with their sexual predation.

Teachers should have seen it coming... but if they couldn't stop the kid from poking holes in his room with a screwdriver, they probably couldn't stop him from grabbing butts and crotches either.

[BnBlFlag]

“....a HOMOPHOBIC JERK”!

Have you been indoctrinated by the Publik Skools?

[latina4dubya]

Sorry, I believe that GAYS are born as GAYS. I Think you are a HOMOPHOBIC JERK!

if someone does not believe that science shows that gays are born gay, do you think that person is homophobic? i'm just asking because i do know some who think if you do not believe what they do, then you must be homophobic... thank you...

[RightWingTeen]

“One teacher was very protective of Larry, his English teacher, MRS. Boldrin. [CAPS mine] To help Larry feel better about moving to Casa Pacifica, she brought Larry a present: a green evening dress that once belonged to her own daughter.”

Let’s redefine ‘contributing to the delinquency of a minor,’ shall we?

Why? Some boys might like dressing up as girls - some girls can wear jeans instead of dresses so that is ok. Why have a DOUBLE STANDARD?

Larry King DID NOT NEED TO BE MURDERED!!

[TightyRighty]

You are so melodramatic! How old are you?

[Revolting cat!]

You are so melodramatic! How old are you?

Give the kid a break, he sounds like he's about 11 and a half.

[RightWingTeen]

I’m 13 and a half. Now, what does that matter? I do have a few gay friends - and I support them. I know you people are HAPPY that Brandon killed Larry, but I am not.

[pgkdan]

He was failed all the way through. Anyone acting in the sexually and psychologically freakish way that he was should have been receiving serious intervention.

I completely agree. It seems that the Epstein woman was more interested in pushing the homosexual agenda than she was in protecting and defending the stuydents best interests.

What in the world would make a sensible, educated adult think that it's alright for an eigth grader to come to school dressed in drag? to allow him to harrass other boys. They had to know that this kid's aggressive deviancy would lead to trouble. Were they looking for a martyr???