In Miami, Kansas, County Attorney David Miller has filed a new charge of "unlawful voluntary sexual relations" against Matthew Limon. In 2000, Limon, then 18, was sentenced to 17 years in prison on a charge of criminal sodomy for having sex with a 14-year-old boy. He served four years until the Kansas Supreme Court ruled the state can't punish underage sex more harshly if it involves homosexuals (and if Limon's partner had been a 14-year-old girl, the maximum he could have received would have been 15 months).
But Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline's office repeatedly described Limon as a "predator," and so this baseless, homophobic, double-jeopardy persecution continues.
Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, Lucas Dawson, a gay man who fought back while being punched by several gay-bashers, stabbing one of his attackers to death, was initially cleared of any wrongdoing but still may face prosecution for manslaughter.
Said Police Capt. Michael Costello, "the level of force used by Dawson did not correspond to the threat.... He [Dawson] wasn't all that injured, yet he introduced deadly force."
So, having been jumped and while being repeatedly punched by
several bashers, Dawson should have evaluated what level of force
would be just right? Or maybe the police view is more akin to the
anti-Semites' view of Israel: Jews (or gays) should not be
permitted to defend themselves. They should just die.