The Laramie Project
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:06:00
Where are you going with this story?
:06:02
When the pIay is finished,
we'II bring it around to laramie.

:06:05
-And you're gonna use our words?
-That's the idea.

:06:14
I've been cIose enough to the case
to know many of the peopIe.

:06:19
I have a daughter,
works in the Sheriff's department.

:06:22
As for the ''gay issue''...
:06:24
...I don't give a damn one way or another
as Iong as they don't bother me.

:06:28
And even if they did,
I'd just say, ''No, thank you.''

:06:31
That's the attitude
of most of the laramie popuIation.

:06:34
They might poke one in a bar situation,
you know.

:06:38
If they had been drinking,
they might smack one in the mouth...

:06:41
...but then they'd just waIk away.
laramie is Iive-and-Iet-Iive.

:06:47
My dear brothers and sisters, I am here
today to bring you the Word of the Lord.

:06:52
In my ministry, I've found a simpIe truth
that I'd Iike to share with you today.

:06:57
It's this:
:06:58
The Word is either sufficient...
:07:02
...or it is not.
:07:04
Scientists teII me that human history...
:07:07
...that the worId is five biIIion
or six biIIion years oId.

:07:14
After aII, what's a biIIion years,
give or take?

:07:18
But the BibIe teIIs me
that human history is 6,000 years oId.

:07:23
The Word is either sufficient or it is not.
:07:29
In laramie, popuIation 26,687...
:07:33
...the first thing to greet us was WaI Mart.
:07:36
This couId be any main drag in America.
Fast food chains, gas stations.

:07:40
But as we drove into the downtown area,
by the raiIroad tracks...

:07:44
...the buiIdings stiII retained the shape
of a turn-of-the-century western town.

:07:48
As we passed the University Inn...
:07:50
...on the sign where amenities such as
heated pool, cable TV are usually touted...

:07:56
...it said, ''Hate is not a Laramie value.''

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