Beau on April 22nd, 2010

This past Monday I had the good fortune to hear Judy Shepard speak on Auraria Campus as a part of her work with The Matthew Shepard Foundation.  11 years after Matthew’s terrible murder she is still traveling around the nation passionately educating on equality.  Through her incredible perseverance and strength she has served as an [...]

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Beau on January 24th, 2010

Well I really don’t want to turn this into the “excessive force by police officers” blog, but this one is a national headline as I believe it should be. Who are we really being terrorized by?  I’m starting to question.  What the hell is going on? Is this kid going to be looking over his [...]

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Finally!  11 years after Matthew Shepard’s death, the legislation bearing his name has finally made it through Congress and on to the President’s desk.  The Republicans, of course, fought it all along the way but despite their best efforts America has arrived in the 21st century.  It saddens me that Senator Kennedy isn’t here to [...]

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