Sean Kennedy

Sean Kennedy was 20 years old when he was murdered because he is gay. Because the crime happened in South Carolina and there are no protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people, his murderer was allowed to plea bargain and if he receives parole in February, will have spent 8 months in jail for the crime.

Please take a look at these links- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_W._Kennedy and http://www.seanslastwish.org/ and read how this child was killed. It turned my stomach. Sam is the same age as Sean was.

PFLAG has asked for support against hate crimes by imploring that the parole board does not allow parole for the perpetrator of this crime. Letters should be addressed to the Department of Probation and Parole Services, 2221 Devine St., Suite 600, P.O. Box 50666, Columbia SC 29250. Include the murderer, Stephen Andrew Moller's name and number SCDC ID#00328891 in the letter.

It won't change the fact that Sean is gone. And it won't mean that Stephen Moller will be rehabilitated by sitting in jail for a little longer. But it may tell the community that hate crimes are not to be tolerated.