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McKinney and Henderson told reporters Matthew Sheppard aand McKinney got into an altercation when Sheppard attempted to solicit homosexual contact with McKinney while he was "coming off a meth binge" and that McKinney's rage and drug induced psychosis triggered a violent episode that left Sheppard seriously injured.
McKinney and Henderson told reporters Matthew Sheppard aand McKinney got into an altercation when Sheppard attempted to solicit homosexual contact with McKinney while he was "coming off a meth binge" and that McKinney's rage and drug induced psychosis triggered a violent episode that left Sheppard seriously injured.
Since McKinney, Sheppards attacker, was also a homosexual/bisexual, the incident did not meet the legal definition of an "anti-homosexual hate crime".
Since McKinney, Sheppards attacker, was also a homosexual/bisexual, the incident did not meet the legal definition of an "anti-homosexual hate crime", depite erroneous press reports to the contrary.
Both Critics of The Laramie Project Play and Movie and fundamental Christian Leaders have commented they feel the play distorts the facts of Matthew Sheppard's life. One fundamental Christian group, the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka Kansas, picketed Matthew Sheppards Funeral, and have made strong public statements about the treatement of the facts of the murder in The Laramie Project. They have publicly stated:
''' "... The Laramie Project has painted Matthew Sheppard, a confirmed methampetamine user, a hero for getting himself killed while trolling for anonymous homosexual sex and meth in a cowboy bar at midnight. This is not the stuff of heroism, it is the stuff of idiocy." '''
The Westboro Baptist Church and its congregation are show in an unfavorable light for preaching from the Bible against Homosexuality in their portrayal in The Laramie Project by the producers of both the play and movie.
== Judy Sheppard and the Matthew Sheppard Foundation ==
== Judy Sheppard and the Matthew Sheppard Foundation ==