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learned trait or not...this death is sad reality about how mcuh violence our kids face everyday......IFOREPLAY..... where does it say in the bible does it say we shall find our own truth....i am sure that God didnt lay out guide lines for our lives so that we could change them to suit our sinful ways

I think a lot of folks are missing the point... The bottom line of this story is that a CHILD was SHOT AND KILLED in SCHOOL for what he said to another student. Regardless of what you think about gay people or the "homosexual agenda" or whether or not sexuality belongs in schools, you should be horrified. ALL out children should be safe in school. It's the responsibility of teacher, administrators and parents to make sure that they can express themselves, learn, share, and grow, SAFELY.

Again, a kid, a child, a student, is dead. No amount of worrying about his sexuality is going to fix that. And another child, hardly able to make his own decisions, has to live out the rest of his life, knowing he took the life of another. There's tragedy here, but it has little to do with sexuality.

You have got to be kidding me, right?! The school systems are inticing kids to explore "different lifestyles" and then comes the shock and awe of the events to follow. Denial, desertion of our youth is so criminal.
Isn't anyone responsible for their actions? Smart people seem to running the programs that sacrifice our children, yet darkness abounds. Det,dee, dee

Schools are not for sexual expression. Schools are for learning. If you want to teach a kid sex, do it outside the classroom.

wow... i didnt think people really sincerly thought like that...i thought maybe the "liberal media" did make it a bigger deal, seeing as i dont know anyone who is violently against someone being gay. Then the very comments you made to prove your point actual wound up proving theres. You people are cruel a 15 year old dies and your here on your high horses talking about previrsion and hoping more people die... seriously? so yeah there is a problem someone took the time to make a cold hearted comment on here and your the reason these stories exsist. Gay people have been around since before biblical times... so get over it already and start worrying about some real issues and you and your kids wont be killers, and these stories will no longer plague you.

I was born in Laramie, Wyoming, where the beating death of one young gay man made national headlines. I don't beleive the garbage about a "Gay Agenda". No one would willingly put himself or herself in a position of being a target for abuse, although many would go out of their way to abuse someone who is different.

Just as Larry had his rights so did the other young man have the right not to be sexually harrassed by anyone. That is not what he went to school for. Unwanted sexual advances and attention are just that unwanted. Different people deal with it different ways. Tragically this young man may have felt that the only way he could protect himself from this harrassment was to take this other young man's life.

you need to reread what I said. I agreed and then added my additional opinion. But, thanks for the education.

I agree with the Dallas Teacher. I'd like to add that our society fosters homophobia in numerous social institutions, as well as in the media. Why the surprise? GLBT people have been getting killed and still are at a global level. The laws are biased just as much as politicians- straight people who have friends or relatives that are GLBT need to come to our defense more so now than ever and demand change. Thanks.

Gay social experimenting on children is subtley done in our culture today. Kids are manipulated. Its a simple story but in mans wisdom you are lost. Consult God, Fear God, and live.

thats so sad i have a gay cousin and hes awesome and i dont know what peoples problem is i think they are the ones with birth defects not the gay people

Dallas Teacher...You need to become better educated on Gays, Lesbians, and Transgender! If you can't deal, get out of your profession! People like you, screw these kids up! Do some research and deal!!

Gay people are born to hetero parents every day. The "GLB movement" is not brainwashing kids or adults into "becoming" gay...without organizations like the LGBT many children who are gay have no one to talk to. The suicide rate for teenagers is high, the rate for those that are gay are even higher--we need more organizations that help teenagers, especially LGBT teenagers, then maybe the suicide rate will decrease. To help the hate crime rate decrease people need to be more aware, more sensitive, and more compassionate (instead of so judgmental and ignorant).