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Originally Posted by Kazanne

Are we sure about that though Matthew , or is the press being over exuberant again, you know how they like to embellish things.

You can't just discount something like that just because of a hunch. after looking online, a lot of different places are reporting on it. I definitely think it's worth discussing.

Originally Posted by Kazanne

He murdered someone,so I am not really bothered what happens to him,whether he is gay or not is irrelevant,he took someones life and made their family suffer forever.

It certainly isn't irrelevant, the crime actually is irrelevant though. What matters here is whether or not the death sentence was handed down because of homophobia or not and if a straight person wouldn't have received the same punishment. The guy's a murderer, he deserves his conviction BUT if he's been put to death BECAUSE he is gay then that's a problem.... Unless you're saying that hate crimes are okay in situations like this?

Originally Posted by arista

He did a Murder.
that's what matters.

Wrong...unless you want to take the apologist approach to this subject.

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

Pretty much this

It really doesn't, I think you three have completely missed the point of why this ruling could potentially be a concern.