Transgender Angie Zapata Beaten to Death By Fire Extinguisher: Should transgenders be protected by law?
Creamy
2009/04/17 21:55:48
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Angie Zapata, who was born as Justin Zapata, was beaten to death by 32-year-old Allen Andrade after coming to him as a transgender. Allen Andrade is being charged with first degree murder, a bias-motivated crime, car theft, and identity theft.
Allen Andrade's trial is among the first implementing a new hate-crime law in Colorado. Colorado is one of the few states that has gender identity protection in its hate-crime law.
Angie Zapata, who was 18-years-old, was born with male genitalia and had more recently began to live as a woman. Should homosexuals and transgenders like Angie Zapata be protected by the hate-crime law?
Allen Andrade's trial is among the first implementing a new hate-crime law in Colorado. Colorado is one of the few states that has gender identity protection in its hate-crime law.
Angie Zapata, who was 18-years-old, was born with male genitalia and had more recently began to live as a woman. Should homosexuals and transgenders like Angie Zapata be protected by the hate-crime law?
Hurting someone who is a white suburban housewife is less punishable than if she was the same exact person in every way except that she was gay???
Equal Crime, Equal Justice, Equal Punishment, Period.
To be direct. I'd feel a lot better about these laws if I felt better about the politicians making them.
Should throwing a pie at a conservative speaker on a collage campus be punished more than simple assault. As it is the hatred of the thrower against the conservative that prompted it. In addition to a potential federal violation of the 1st amendment.
Oh that's right, Conservatives aren't to have any rights in the hope and change era... are we?
Law now means nothing. lord Obama wants to disregard bankruptcy laws to give the Unions that assisted in ruining the US auto industry a controlling interest. Funded of course by taxpayers, while giving the bond holders that have 1st rights in bankruptcy nothing. And threatens them from the White House, if they do not go along. It's a brave new world alright.
“Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.” John 8:7
Law makers need to get their act together and stop worrying about getting re-elected and worry more about making laws that benefit the people of America.
I mean last time I checked they werent a different species..
And beating another human is generally frowned upon..
To say that the law shouldn't protect people based on gender identity is terrible when crimes like these exist. To all those who think she was deceiving people, the sister did comment that she often let her boyfriends know her status over the phone, and many comments indicate that she was somewhat open about it. I get the feeling the guy was just confirming his suspicions and it wasn't that much of a shock to him. It's disgusting.
Why is so much hate directed towards transgender people? Society can't seem to accept transgender people- they see them as sick, confused, or just transitioning because they can. Nobody is an 'it'. I think it's really awful how little people understand.
If you don't equate crimes like these with crimes against race, consider that religion is protected by these laws. They're crimes based on groups of people. We can't allow these atrocities to continue.