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Altho' I am not gay, when I first heard of this incident, I was furious, in a manner similar to the morning when I first read about the child bombing victims in Northern Ireland. I sat down that night to write a poem about it, only to have to change it a few days later when he died. The rewrite ended up being completely different. I'm including it here for those list members who are gay, to know that they have my full support. I have also fowarded this poem to people like Pat Robertson, and I even called his prayer line that night to both pray for Matthew's recovery, and plus to make a point, by kinda using the religious right's own prayer line against themselves, so to speak. I believe murder and hate to be far more evil that a person's sexual orientation, and if people have a beef with them, then they should take it to the "Big Cheese", cuz he made us all the way we are, for better or worse. As such, this poem could also apply to all of us: ****************** AS CREATED Man is As he was created By a God Who creates Both saints And sinners Alike As such Man and woman Black and white Rich and poor Christian and Jew Tall and short Gay and straight Yin and Yang Are all beloved By God To curse that Which God Has made Is to question His authority And his wisdom The only sin Is being untrue To oneself And thus to God One must be true To the desires Of the heart Which God himself Has there placed God is infinite And thus above duality How say ye then That straight is good And gay is evil? Are ye not then Calling God evil? For as he hath Created both Both are also Created In his image Would it not rather Be evil To be straight When God has instead Created ye gay? For then are ye not Denying God himself Your creator? Ye which condemn That which God Has created Are evil For ye are not like The God which Ye proclaim For God is Love eternal And cares not What sex ye are Or are not And cares not How ye love But simply That ye love One another As he also Loves you And has commanded Ye to do *copyright Wendy Tebay