doe-jo Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 [quote]updated 1:06 p.m. PT, Fri., March. 28, 2008 OXNARD, Calif. - Larry King was a gay eighth-grader who used to come to school in makeup, high heels and earrings. And when the other boys made fun of him, he would boldly tease them right back by flirting with them. That may have been what got him killed. On Feb. 12, another student, Brandon McInerney, 14, shot him twice in the head at the back of the computer lab at their junior high school, police say.[/quote] [url="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23847511/"]Article[/url]
Monoxide Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 I think that both of the boys need our prayers now... Both too young to really know the implications of what they are doing, both too young to have developed a sense of themselves that isn't purely cultural. There are four parents here that should be also prayed for I think. How does everyone here see it? (I thought you couldn't use names of individuals under 19 in the States?)
melporcristo Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 JMJ This is so sad. It is also fitting that today we are supposed to pray for those in Purgatory today for the Divine Mercy novena. [i]For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. Amen.[/i]
CatherineM Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 There are very few of the people I grew up with, who are all in their middle 40's now, who are doing now, are the people now, that they thought they were going to be when they were 12-14 years old. I wonder about the boy's parents. Why would they let him go to school dressed like that? I'm all for letting kids express themselves, but letting them make themselves a target is stupid.
BeenaBobba Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Poor kid. That's really heartbreaking. I'll say a prayer for them all.
SJRod55 Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 A sad story, tormented in his daily life and then this tragic death. Prayers
Totus Tuus Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 I'm sure the media will use this to condemn those of us who are against homosexuality now... Prayers. That's really sad. Cross-dressing should not be permitted in schools though.
salterrae Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 J.M. + J.T. Reminds me of a story Ellen DeGeneres told on her show about a younger boy who was stabbed (if I remember correctly) by a male classmate who he asked to be his Valentine. My prayers for the two boys mentioned.
Apotheoun Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 (edited) Violence is never the answer to social problems, but the Vatican did warn some years ago that the legitimization of deviant "lifestyles" would most likely lead to an increase in violence against those who promote disordered conditions and immoral behavior as normal: [quote]CDF NOTIFICATION: SOME CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING THE RESPONSE TO LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS ON THE NON-DISCRIMINATION OF HOMOSEXUAL PERSONS It is deplorable that homosexual persons have been and are the object of violent malice in speech or in action. Such treatment deserves condemnation from the church's pastors wherever it occurs. It reveals a kind of disregard for others which endangers the most fundamental principles of a healthy society. The intrinsic dignity of each person must always be respected in word, in action and in law. But the proper reaction to crimes committed against homosexual persons should not be to claim that the homosexual condition is not disordered. When such a claim is made and when homosexual activity is consequently condoned, or when civil legislation is introduced to protect behavior to which no one has any conceivable right, neither the church nor society at large should be surprised when other distorted notions and practices gain ground, and irrational and violent reactions increase.[/quote] Edited March 30, 2008 by Apotheoun
Totus Tuus Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 I'm sad that violence was used, but the consoling part is that some boys are not being passive about this offense against natural law. They need to find a constructive way to deal with their frustration, but the fact that they HAVE frustration about the affront against their masculinity is a good sign to me. It's just really sad that this one boy took it so far as to kill someone.
cmotherofpirl Posted March 31, 2008 Posted March 31, 2008 THe national news stories have said specifically that no motive was given by the boy. People kill people daily over many issues, it might have nothing to do with his supposed sexuality.
catholicinsd Posted March 31, 2008 Posted March 31, 2008 Yeah, let's use the death of a child to once again bash the homosexuals.
Knight of the Holy Rosary Posted March 31, 2008 Posted March 31, 2008 Where has anyone done that in this thread?
Vincent Vega Posted March 31, 2008 Posted March 31, 2008 Gosh, so many problems with everything that went on there...it's a true shame it culminated in tragedy. I want to know, though, why any respectable parents (or any parents [i]period[/i]) would allow their child to dress like that. And cmum, good point. [quote]Yeah, let's use the death of a child to once again bash the homosexuals.[/quote] Ehm...what?
catholicinsd Posted March 31, 2008 Posted March 31, 2008 [quote name='catholicinsd' post='1489069' date='Mar 30 2008, 09:24 PM']Yeah, let's use the death of a child to once again bash the homosexuals.[/quote] TT and Cmom could use some tact.
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