JEDADIAH SCHULTZ: And the reverend will tell you flat out he doesn’t agree with homosexuality—and I don’t know—I think right now, I’m going through changes, I’m still learning about myself and—you know I don’t feel like I know enough about certain things to make a decision that says, “Homosexuality is right.” When you’ve been raised your whole life that it’s wrong—and right now, I would say that I don’t agree with it—yeah, that I don’t agree with it but—maybe that’s just because I couldn’t do it—and speaking in religious terms—I don’t think that’s how God intended it to happen. But I don’t hate homosexuals and, I mean—I’m not going to persecute them or anything like that. At all—I mean, that’s not gonna be getting in the way between me and the other person at all.

CONRAD MILLER: Well, it’s preached in schools that being gay is okay.

NARRATOR: Conrad Miller:

CONRAD MILLER: And if my kids asked me, I’d set them down and I’d say, “Well, this is what gay people do. This is what animals do. Okay?” And I’d tell ’em, “This is the life, this is the lifestyle, this is what they do.” And I’d say, “This is why I believe it’s wrong.”

MURDOCK COOPER: There’s more gay people around than what you think.

NARRATOR: Murdock Cooper:

MURDOCK COOPER: It doesn’t bother anybody because most of ’em that are gay or lesbian they know damn well who to talk to. If you step out of line you’re asking for it. Some people are saying he made a pass at them. You don’t pick up regular people. I’m not excusing their actions, but it made me feel better because it was partially Matthew Shepard’s fault and partially the guys who did it … you know, maybe it’s fifty-fifty.

ZACKIE SALMON: Yes, as a lesbian I was more concerned for my safety.

NARRATOR: Zackie Salmon:

ZACKIE SALMON: I think we all were. And I think it’s because somewhere inside we know it could happen to us anytime, you know. I mean, I would be afraid to walk down the street and display any sort of physical affection for my partner. You don’t do that here in Laramie.

JONAS SLONAKER: Well, there’s this whole idea: You leave me alone, I leave you alone.

NARRATOR: Jonas Slonaker: