Don't Amend- The Gay Marriage Amendment Debate

It is a crisp cool October morning. Two hikers are enjoying a quiet walk through the frost tipped fields of Laramie, Wyoming when they are startled by whimpers begging for help. They find a young man tied up to a wood fence, ready for crucifixion. He has been burned, bloodied, beaten, and broken. The University of Wyoming student died three days later due to injuries sustained from repeated pistol whippings. His name is Matthew Sheppard. …

…on radio station KBRT-AM (740) in Costa Mesa, Transcript printed by The Los Angeles Times on September 5, 1997. -The Uniform Crime Report, published by the FBI, 2002 -The Blade Gay Weekly, Doreen Brandt, March 5, 2004, article is posted on www.DontAmend.com -Time/CNN polls published on www.DontAmend.com -- I wrote this paper for my American Public Policy class. We conducted hypothetical committee meetings to discuss legislation, and I represented the organization "Don't Amend" for the hypothetical.