I am trying to understand why the parents should be held responsible for this murder? I haven't read one thing about the parents or how this kid was raised. I do tend to believe that if Gays were not treated like 2nd rate citizens and if kids were not raised to believe that being Gays was a sin and that Gays are all looking for little boys and girls to corrupt that this may not have happened. When people actually stand up for the rights of Gays and stop making them "weird" inmoral" and on and on and stop teaching kids this nonsense maybe this kind of killings will stop.Some where along the line this kid was fed BS about Gays and he is homophobic or some skin head has been filling him full of crap, we have no idea if his hatred was fueled at the home front. I know many many good people who have raised the most creepy little asshats that are now in prison. These peolel didnt hate gays , they hated no one and gave their kids educations and love , lots of love yet one kid murdered one of our friends, another beat a gay man half to death, a few turned out to be thieves why?? It sure wasnt because of their parents. Even teens have their own idea about life and think their parents are stupid (sound familar) and do what they want to do. Put away the rope on the parents until you find out if infact they actually had something to do with this. I blame so many hate crimes on our Govt and the way they make Gays out to be 4th rate citizens because they were bron in the wrong bodies. I blame religion because they denounce Gays and make them out to be sinners and perverts and corruptors of youth. Yet we deny that the Govt has anything to do with the way Gays are thought of. If they were not denied their constitutional rights and have to fight for them so hard maybe kids today wouldnt think they are bad people. I am not Gay but let me tell you I will fight to the death for Gays to have the right to be happy, to have a family and even get a divorce if they want to. The right to leave their children if they die to whom they wish and the grand parents cannot interfere. The right to inherrit property from thier partners. SOmething has to change so our youth today stop believeing the propaganda that has been put out by churches and govt and learn to let people live their own lives and not be threatened by something that really doesnt exist.
I hope we hear lots more about this case.