The myth is that Matthew Shepard was martyred by redneck homophobes. A stunning new book by a gay journalist debunks this.

Three lies that built a revolution

by Michael Cook

This week it became obvious that America’s sexual revolution has been built on lies. 

Three of the cases which transformed the legal system and altered the moral ecosystem are based on fiction: 

• Roe v Wade, which became the foundation stone for abortion rights; 
• Lawrence v Texas, which decriminalised sodomy and led inexorably to same-sex marriage; and 
• the murder of Matthew Shepard, which transformed disapproval of homosexual acts into hateful homophobia.

This was underscored this week with the publication of The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard, by gay journalist Stephen Jimenez.

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