Matthew Shepard Will Be Interred at the Washington National Cathedral, 20 Years After His Death

[TruHart1]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2018/10/11/matthew-shepard-whose-murder-became-symbol-gay-rights-movement-will-be-interred-washington-national-cathedral/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.35b5eab4a3e3

 

TruHart1

[TruthBTold]

Thanks TruHart for bringing this to my attention. I was so sad that a family that was unable to inter a son that had been murdered because they believed that his ashes would be desecrated. The article also mentions however that "his ashes will be placed in a niche in the National Cathedral’s columbarium, a private, off-limits area on the lower level of the massive Gothic cathedral . . ." If that means what it literally states then I am equally sad because while Matthew's ashes will finally have a final resting place I am not sure why the area where it will be is not open to the public so that the public can pay respects to someone who changed LGBT history to a great extent (of course, I wonder that about the other amazing people that rest there). Perhaps someone knows? In places like Westminster Abbey (I believe) you can touch the stones above which the bodies of important individuals like Stephen Hawkings are interred.

[bigvalboy]

Thanks for posting this. Wonderful news. And a very interesting article.

[marylander1940]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyOiYpTEuNU

 

Such a sad story! Thank you @TruHart1 !