(Community Matters)
this is a short tribute HRC created for the Shepard’s introduction when they received the Edward Kennedy Award at the national dinner a few weeks ago.
I spent most of my time at this afternoon’s ceremony with Episcopal Bishop Bruce Caldwell, the Bishop of Wyoming. Matthew Shepard had been an acolyte at his church. Bishop Caldwell officiated at Matthew’s funeral, after the young man was murdered by torture and left tied to a barbed wire fence.
My thanks to Judy & Dennis Shepard who worked as hard as anyone else to see the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act passed.
