Emotions Running High

so about five minutes ago, I was on the Internet and found a video of Matthew Shepard. I was afraid to click on it because I knew that it would be hard for me to see. We've only really seen pictures of Matthew and when I clicked on the video, it was an interview with him and another boy who went to Catawba College. A reporter talked to people after a rally took place on the college's campus, and stopped Matthew and his friend to talk about the rally. It turned out that the boy was Matthew Shepard's boyfriend...they looked so happy when they said that to the reporter, they weren't afraid to show it....and it got to me. At the end of an interview, a voiceover kicked in, saying how two years later, Matthew was killed...and what REALLY got to me was when he said "This is the only footage I have of Matthew....it isn't fair." Cue the waterworks. I bawled for a good five minutes. Seeing Matthew Shepard be so happy with someone, seeing him smile, Romaine was right...his smile could light up a room. The fact that he was killed for being gay, for being who he was, I felt sick to my stomach that anyone could do something so horrible to another human being for no reason at all, only because of his sexual orientation....I can't fathom that.