Bush Designates Oct. 12 "Defense of Marriage Day" - on the day Mathew Shepart waas murdered ..
See http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/05/07/27_enlist.html
"Clinton advised gay people to come out: "Just keep telling your stories." He changed the environment in which we live, by responding emotionally and symbolically. When Matthew Shepard was murdered, for example, Bill Clinton treated it as if it were an important event. He mourned. This was the first time in my memory that a hate crime against a homosexual received respectful national attention.
"What Clinton did was so powerful that the right, always alert to the emotional impact of symbols, has latched onto Matthew Shepard for its own purposes. In a little-noted but extremely frightening gesture, George Bush made October 12 National Defense of Marriage Day. It just so happens that October 12 is the date of Matthew Shepard's death. This is one of those coded messages George Bush is always sending to his base - and what an unintentionally apt description that is in this case. "
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