[Athena]

Quote by: Keith Hamburger OK. I just read this, haven't had a TV on all day and have been surfing various websites not paying attention to the news. As soon as I saw this, being in Colorado Springs, I thought immediately that this had to be New Life, and, sure enough, I go to Yahoo and there it is. These people are nutcases. Over 10,000 of them and, as far as I can tell, just like all the rest of the evangelical, non-denominational churches out there, they are real freaks. This is the church where Ted Haggard preached against homosexuality and was having gay relations with a male prostitute in Denver. Something like this happening there is absolutely no surprise to me. But, I bet if we actually find out more, this person who did this was the outcast, the victim. In school and in business. Because we've all been socialized by our government schools to be the bully, the victim or the nobody. Keith

Springfeild took a very active position against gays. Eugene has at least one gay bar, and gays are comfortable enough to let everyone know they are gay.