Comparing Two Shepherds

I don't believe I am being too bold to say that this one stands on its own. I will only introduce this by revealing that the editorial was on the tragedy of the young man named Shepherd who died by a hate crime. Though I did not orginally intend to, I ended up drawing an imortant parallel in the following response:

Issues like this make you want to hold your tongue, or at least choose your words carefully, so as not to offend. However, a person's heart wants to blurt out not only the obvious truths, spoken by the media, but the unsung truths that will never be discussed. A less obvious travesty about the events around the Shepherd case were the Gay rights activists showing up on the scene ready to develop a social-political campaign around the victim, even before he was put to rest. Another travesty is the editorialist's mistaken comparison of homosexuality with the plight of racism in America. A person can, perhaps with loving help, change their sexual orientation, but no one can change the race they are. Perhaps the greatest travesty comes from quoting phrases such as "inalienable rights" and "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" from the "Declaration of Independence" slightly out of context, misconstruing its original intent. The best way to determine the intent of those faithful words, put forth for our nation, is to know the authors. Today's history books have thoroughly tainted the Founding Fathers to serve the agenda of the Secular Humanists who rewrote them. The "rights", "life", "liberty", and "pursuit" were toward the peaceful end that could only be guaranteed where men formed in them obedience to a divine Authority. The true Author of this country, who has also been despised, rejected, and unmercifully left hanging nailed to a tree, said "If my people, who are called by my name, humble themselves, pray, and seek my presence and turn from their wicked ways, I will listen from heaven and forgive their sins and restore their country." If we observed this, maybe He would not have had to die.