Brooklyn, NY – A well-known gay rights lawyer and environmental advocate has burned himself to death in a grisly protest against ecological destruction.
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Police say the charred remains of 60-year-old David Buckel were found early Saturday in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.
The Daily News reports that Buckel left a suicide note saying he had used fossil fuel to burn himself as a metaphor for the destruction of the planet. He added that he hoped his death was “honorable” and “might serve others.”
Buckel was the lead attorney in in a lawsuit involving Brandon Teena, a transgender man who was murdered in Nebraska. Hilary Swank won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Teena in the 1999 movie “Boys Don’t Cry.”
Buckel also the strategist behind same-sex marriage cases in New Jersey and Iowa.
Now tell me it’s not a mental disorder? Sick generation we live in…
Why is this news?
This sums up what , & who the left really are !!!!!
How ironic.
Sick and getting sicker!
So he set himself on fire. With a fossil fuel. Wonder what his carbon footprint was.
I am sad to hear this man did not get the help he needed.
The smoke from the fire he set is a danger to the environment.
To all those who made snide comments, I ask you: Have you no compassion? How sad that you have to make light of a poor soul who was so misguided and depressed that he took his own life. I always thought that the hallmark of our religion was compassion. Even if you do not agree with his politics or his ideas about sexual orientation, he did nothing to hurt other people and does not deserve to be mocked.
er is geven ingantzen meshugah
Nut job.
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