:27:02
...and we are not used to
that type of attention.
:27:05
Aaron McKinney and RusseII Henderson
came from the poor side of town.
:27:09
This smaII city that biIIs itseIf as...
:27:11
...''Wyoming's hometown'' is wrestIing
with its attitudes towards gay men.
:27:15
It's tough business,
as Matt Shepard Knew...
:27:17
...and as all his friends Know,
to be gay in cowboy country.
:27:21
And to get that kind of exposure under
such tragic circumstances...
:27:25
...under circumstances that we hadn't even
wrapped our heads and hearts around....
:27:31
The majority of peopIe here
are good peopIe.
:27:33
You get bad appIes once in a whiIe.
:27:35
Our citizens are not Iike that at aII.
:27:37
You peopIe are making my son guiIty
before he's even had a triaI.
:27:41
How can this happen?
:27:42
I can't understand how someone
can even do something Iike that.
:27:45
You have your own IifestyIe,
you shouId have it.
:27:48
-It's pretty much Iive-and-Iet-Iive.
-It's Iive-and-Iet-Iive.
:27:51
I am outraged and sickened by the heinous
crime committed on Matthew Shepard.
:27:55
A young gay man is in a deep coma.
It's a crime that goes beyond despicabIe.
:28:00
let it be known in the nation
this is not the University of Wyoming.
:28:03
This is not what we're about.
:28:05
Had this been a heterosexuaI,
this wouIdn't have made the news.
:28:08
I don't think there's any probIem
gay peopIe deaI with here.
:28:11
We had these guys in jaiI in Iess than
a day. I think that's pretty damn good.
:28:15
Hundreds of people are urging Congress
to pass a federal law banning hate crimes.
:28:19
I wouId Iike to urge the peopIe
of Wyoming against overreacting...
:28:23
...in a way that gives one group
speciaI rights over others.
:28:26
We wiII wait and see
if the vicious beating and torture...
:28:29
...of Matthew Shepard
was motivated by hate.
:28:34
Oh, my God.
:28:39
Anybody eIse wanna do this?
:28:52
Matthew Shepard was admitted
in criticaI condition...
:28:57
...at approximateIy (:15 on October 7.