Being a good parent never ends. (Image via video still) The late Matthew Shepard's parents appeared at the DNC last night as part of the highly effective montage of delegates, each filmed in their own states.
It felt like my favorite part of a beauty pageant, in which the women briefly and enthusiastically pitch the virtues of their own states or countries, but on top of that was frequently marked by the gravitas that the Shepards brought.
Before Matt's mom, Judy, announced the delegate count, Matt's dad, Dennis, said: After our son Matthew's death in Wyoming, Joe Biden helped pass legislation to protect LGBTQ Americans from hate crimes.