Kidnapping or Hate Crime?

Cherise. You should check YOUR facts -I was in the court room every day –were you? The kids were not in the bedroom – or even the house for that matter. That is a lie that the drunk mother spun & the media ran with. DJ was at the home of the kids all evening (not “two gay men” just him). He returned to his home to refresh his drink. The kids followed, asking for a drink. Having been with the family the whole night he saw no harm in offering them a drink of kool-aid. He was smart enough to ask that they wait on the porch. The mother found them on the porch, didn’t say “Thank you for looking after my kids at 6:00 AM” (why weren’t they in bed), she assumed the worst (we suspect because DJ is gay), she took her kids & left the property. The kids were with her when she sent her family over to brutally attack DJ & Dan (who is his partner & was sleeping). The media doesn’t necessarily report the facts so don’t think you know the facts if you read the newspaper –try the court transcripts

C Hunt. Nice language, from a gay man in Washington. Utah does "NOT" condone, practice Polygamy, In breeding, or Incest. Now whose bashing who. I am so sick and tired of "Utah", being "HATED", because it is predominately LDS, aka Mormon. I am an educated woman, wife, mother, and grandmother, born and raised "LDS" in Utah. The people practicing Polygamy, Inbreeding, & or Incest, are the "F" LDS. What do you think the "F", stands for? Not to mention the fact, that they do NOT live in UTAH. They live in Colorado, and Arizona. Get your facts straight before you hate. The two gay men, were invited to the Party, and left with the children. The children were in Mr. Bells & his partners "Bedroom", HELLO. Were you there? NO. I don't care if a person is gay, purple, green, white, orange, black, or what their religious beliefs are. If I found my children with my neighbors, in their bedrooom. I'd open a can of "Whoop Ass & Act Right Juice, on who ever had my children.

As of 3:30pm September 25, 2009. David James Bell was found Not Guilty on all counts. Charges have still not been brought against to people that assaulted D.J. Bell and his partner Dan Fair.

while the assault is an important issue, it has NOTHING to do with the kidnapping case. they are two completely separate issues. the assault was the aftermath, but has NO bearing at all on the kidnapping case.

C-Hunt - Actually, any single adult males hetero or not should stay away from anyone elses children. Anyone can be accused of being a pedophile, not just non-hetero men. The fact is that most pedophiles are hetero men, although this means nothing to the ignorant - there is not reason to perpetuate the disgusting association betweens gays and pedophiles.

1- what do expect from inbred utah... they're a nasty and brutish group. 2- what the fuck we're they thinking. as a gay man I don't let any ones kids in my house. given the publicity vis a vis the catholic church etc... a non hetro married man would be a flaming idiot to go anywhere near a child.

what about the Fact that the mother had taken the children home they were safe when the other people broke into bell's home and beat he and his partner so badly that his partner was hospitlaized for a week. or is that legal in utah. cuz if it is we all better hide. never know when you could get killed by a vigilante neighbor.look at the facts even if bell did what he has ben accused of by any state that i have ever lived in what the parents did was attempted murder. the children were home with there mother safe and sound. there was no EMINENT DANGER and that is what is required by law for this to be concidered defense of another. i for one believe bell is inocent.

According to other news outlets reporting this issue, Bell and Fair's attackers have a colorful criminal record, including burglary, robbery and assault on a police officer, among other things.

I know Bell, I grew up with him. It's often brought up that he was overheard telling the children they were beautiful. Knowing Bell, that's the kind of thing he'd say when calming someone down. This is obviously a case of over-reaction by incredibly inebriated parents against a man who was trying to do something good. Because the case is being tried in Ultra-conservative Utah, I worry that Bell's not going to get a fair trial.

www.injustice801.com is a website that has been set up by supporters of Fair and Bell. It has a lot of great information, including links to all news articles to date.