Party Crashers Beat Teen to Death After Yelling Anti-Gay Slurs

The mindset behind this brutal crime is exactly what was impliedly endorsed by the black members of the Maryland House of Delegates in their recent betrayal of marriage equality (see the immediately preceding post). Sadly, the victim of the mindset that they inherently endorsed in this instance was black and apparently not even gay. I hope those who promote homophobia from the pulpit are pleased with their handiwork. Words do matter and they do have consequences - often horrible consequences. Even as the falsely pious and self-congratulatory pat themselves on the back for their self-declared godliness they encourage evil in the world. It makes me want to vomit and I can only imagine what Christ must think of the horrors done in his name. The New York Daily News has coverage of these disgusting murder in Queens. Here are some highlights:
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Party crashers yelled anti-gay slurs, then beat and stomped to death a teen attending a Queens birthday bash, sources and witnesses said. Anthony Collao, 18, a recent high school graduate who wanted to help run his family's ice cream business, died Monday at Jamaica Hospital. It's not clear why Collao was targeted. Friends said he had a girlfriend and was not gay - though the two men who threw the party are openly gay.
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Four suspects - Alex Velez, 16, of the Bronx, and Nolis Ogando, Christopher Lozada and Luis Tabales, all 17 and from Queens - were arrested soon after the Saturday incident. Lozada was wearing the victim's Atlanta Braves baseball cap, and the others were covered in blood, sources said.
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They came uninvited to the Woodhaven party - advertised on Facebook - and refused to pay a $7 cover charge. They stormed the 90th St. home, busting windows and picking fights, witnesses said.
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The crashers flashed gang signs, yelled anti-gay slurs and scrawled epithets in red marker on the walls, the two party hosts said. "They called us homos and all kinds of stuff," said one of the men,who was celebrating his 20thbirthday.
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Sensing trouble, Collao left with a friend and was chased, sources said. The gang caught him, . . . He was kicked and punched. Velez carried a pipe, sources said. Collao was on life support until Monday.
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Yes, we sadly need to chalk up another death to Tony Perkins, Maggie Gallagher, the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops, the Mormon Church leadership and everyone else who preaches against gays and our civil equality. They DO have blood on their hands. Unfortunately, these indirect accessories to murder will not be charged with any crime.