Saturday, April 5, 2008

Remembering Lawrence King

Lawrence "Larry" King was murdered in his school for being openly gay. He was shot to death by a boy he had expressed his feelings to. A few with places more details are located here:

http://www.rememberinglawrence.org/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/02/AR2008040203800.html?hpid=moreheadlines

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.O._Green_School_shooting

In a society that says it represents tolerance and freedom in the world, things like this have to make us stop and wonder.

FOr those of you who use facebook, you may have seen some groups acknowledging the tragedy and this advert on the sides:


http://www.dayofsilence.org/content/getinvolved_FRL.html
April 25th will be a day of silence to remember Lawrence King

Might this be something to get the school involved in? or should we forego it as it risks ridicule due to the immaturity of some students....

1 comment:

Rob Peach said...

It's certainly something legitimate to consider, though it would be very difficult. I think, if anything, there could be an observation of a "moment" of silence to acknowledge King's death. This happened first semester during a school-wide prayer to end violence and war. I'll talk to Bro. Bob about doing something of that nature.

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