Oops

Last week, Chris at Liberal Idaho compared supporters of natural marriage to the Nazis and the racism in the South based on a reported Gay bashing incident.

The problem…the allegation wasn’t true:

The Boise Police Department reported Friday the Boise State University student leader who claimed to be attacked on the Greenbelt last week because of his sexual orientation confessed to detectives he fabricated the report.

According to BPD, the student admitted to using a stick and his fists to self-inflict his injuries and that other evidence connected to his initial report had also been fabricated. The student’s confession of a false report is consistent with evidence uncovered by detectives during their investigation.

The student claimed last week a white male struck him from behind with an object while using anti-gay expletives and proceeded to hit him in the face several times causing him to lose consciousness. The student said the incident occurred somewhere between Taylor Hall and Friendship Bridge.

According to Associated Students of Boise State University officials, at some point the student made his way to the Student Union Building where an ambulance was called. The student was then transported to the emergency room.

Julie Fanselow, who trumpeted the original story in less strident language has been good enough to post about the follow up, calling the situation “Unfortunate.” But Chris hast yet to do so.

Bubblehead came by and left a comment that bears repeating on Chris’ original story:

So you’re saying that if laws are passed, members of oppressed groups are bound to start submitting false police reports? I liked your Nazi reference a lot — maybe you were saying that it was like the Reichstag fire, where the Nazis accused people (the Communists, in this case) of committing a crime they didn’t do for political gain.

Bryan Fischer rightly had some complaints regarding the effects of this false allegation over at his place:

This individual owes the entire state of Idaho an apology for trying to create the false impression that our state is some kind of haven for homosexual hatred, and to the pro-family community in particular. Bearing false witness against one’s neighbor has always been immoral and unjust. The only one who “incited hatred” or committed a “hate crime” in this circumstance was this young man.

We received hate mail at our website in the wake of this reported attack, and were accused of having “created a climate which demonizes” homosexuals. Surely we should expect a better and higher level of discourse over public policy matters.