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Manhattan Diary by Cahir O'Doherty

Man shoots 4 year old for 'gay behavior'

Posted on Saturday, July 09, 2011 at 10:21 AM

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You won't read about the fate of 4 year old Jadon Higganbothan on the front page of CNN today.

It's unlikely that Nancy Grace will rage about him on her show. ABC and Fox probably won't give his death wall to wall coverage.

Because Jadon Higganbothan was not blond, or a girl - but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't lament what happened to him, or why.

In Durham, North Carolina this week Peter Lucas Moses, 27, stood trail facing two counts of first-degree murder.

Moses was the leader of a religious cult who shot the 4 year old boy dead for what he called his 'gay behavior.' Moses also shot and killed Antoinetta Yvonne McKoy, 28, because she wanted to leave the cult.

'In the religious belief of that organization, homosexuality was frowned on,' Durham County District Attorney Tracey Cline told WRAL.COM.

'Sometime in October 2010, Smith told Moses that Jadon had hit another child's bottom, and Moses became angry and started walking around the house with a gun that belonged to Jadon's mother, Vania Rae Sisk, prosecutors said.

'He starts screaming, 'I told you to get rid of him!' and told Sisk,'How am I going to do this?' Cline recalled the witness' account.

'Moses ordered two of the women to set up computers and speakers in the garage, prosecutors said they were told by the witness. They said he started playing music with the Lord's Prayer in Hebrew, took Jadon in the garage and shut the door, and the women then heard a gunshot.'

Four years old. Jadon died with the Lord's Prayer ringing in his ears and hearing himself condemned in the Bible.

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Chip | May 13, 2012, 06:51 AM EDT

I do take exception to one line in this article: "Four years old. Jadon died with the Lord's Prayer ringing in his ears and hearing himself condemned in the Bible." He did NOT hear himself condemned in the Bible. He heard this loon quoting ancient scripture that, to him, condemned homosexuality. He was 4 years old. If you believe we're born gay then maybe this kid was. Or would be eventually. Odds are he wasn't and a child swatting another on the ass (after seeing all their sports heroes doing it) is NO indication. At 4 years old those words had NOTHING to do with him.

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Springfield9 | May 06, 2012, 01:12 PM EDT

There are 300,000,000 people in America. If one percent were stark raving mad the number would be 3,000,000 crazy people. Tragedy or no, were beating the numbers.

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ciaradexy | May 05, 2012, 06:00 PM EDT

Ros, when there is an article on this site in regards to someone being murdered in ireland, some Americans seem to think its because we have no morals due to religion not being important here any more and yet here is an article where a child is murdered due to someones religious beliefs. You cannot have it both ways. Im guessing youre catholic? Your god was represented by paedophiles in my country and people sat back and let childrens lives be destroyed. Your god absolves these crimes in the confessional! How can you still fall for this lie?

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mamaginnty | May 05, 2012, 11:51 AM EDT

Cahir is right in saying this killing will not get too much media coverage in America because this poor child's skin was dark.

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mamaginnty | May 05, 2012, 11:44 AM EDT

How many rotten cults are there in America, plus so many guns, where grown men think it's macho to teach young children how to use them.

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RosCrea | May 05, 2012, 12:08 AM EDT

My religion and religious beliefs do not condone what that man did in the name of his "religion". A young boys life was snuffed out because of hatred and bigotry! I know that lad is in heaven with the God who loves all peoples. @ciaradexy, your comment is most confusing to me. Could you try to clarify it?

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ciaradexy | May 04, 2012, 02:30 PM EDT

This article is about a 4 year old being shot and you lot waffle on about your vile religious beliefs?! If this happened in Ireland youd be saying its because religion in on the decrease here yet in your country its because of your God! Mortified for you! RIP little kiddo.

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BrianO | May 04, 2012, 11:10 AM EDT

We must all be careful, from Jim Jones to Waco texas to this lunatic, they prey on the weak. I wouldn't put most religions in the same boat, nor excuse any man in any religion who uses his power for evil purposes.

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merefalow | Nov 07, 2011, 02:06 PM EST

what can you say about religious people,they have always been well known for their kind forgiving understanding ways,ie burning each other,warring with each other,burning old women for being witches,molesting choir boys,political lying cheating hypocritical deviationist crazy twisted narrow bigoted ways,he,s just following in a tradition..

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davalee | Jul 15, 2011, 01:40 PM EDT

This is so heartbreaking that a 4 year old child lost his life over such a stupid reasoning. He was 4 years old! Not even old enough to make rational decisions. I'm so angry at the mother who stood by and let it happen. She needs to be held accountable.

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hollabackgurl | Jul 14, 2011, 03:13 PM EDT

Some people have remedial reading skills. This article laments how the toxic stew of religious and anti-gay bigotry were employed to rationalize the murder of a child. If some people refuse to understand that it says more about them than the article.

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seanomelbourne | Jul 14, 2011, 09:45 AM EDT

The central theme is about the child and extremist right wing christians

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seanomelbourne | Jul 13, 2011, 01:18 PM EDT

I am horrified, and sickened and cannot believe that the child's mother stood by while it was done. She should be on trial as well.............

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seanomelbourne | Jul 12, 2011, 08:33 PM EDT

And I was under the impression this article was abOut the death if an innocent child. It's not about gay people quit the navel gazing and pick a proper forum or post for your debate.IT'S ABOUT THE MURDER OF A CHILD YOU SELFISH LOT.

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Gearoid4 | Jul 12, 2011, 08:22 PM EDT

Well, it is absurd to say that it is not a reconfiguration when the original intention of marriage which is the mutual love of one man and one woman open to procreation is so blatantly overthrown. Anyone who fails to see this is either being deliberately obtuse or so lacking in logic that pointing out the bloody obvious becomes an impossibility.

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