This makes me ill
Gay bashing kills a 72 year old 10 days later?
This shit happens all the time, on many different scales, we need to fight back.
"Anthos Slaying Inspires Michigan Hate Crime Bill":
Michigan state Sen. Hansen Clarke, who knew the slain Andrew Anthos
through his efforts to light the Capitol dome, said Tuesday he will
reintroduce a bill in coming days to include sexual orientation in
Michigan's hate crimes law.
"He lived in my district and he was murdered in my district," Clarke
told Gay.com on Tuesday.
"Because Andrew was such a patriot, because he loved this country so
much and the state of Michigan so much, his death can have some impact."
Anthos, a 72-year-old gay man whose great dream was to light the
Michigan State Capitol dome in red, white and blue each Fourth of
July, was helping a wheelchair-bound friend through the snow when a
fellow bus rider irked with his singing, spouting gay slurs,
bludgeoned him from behind with a metal pipe. Anthos lingered,
paralyzed from the neck down, for 10 days before dying.
A big crowd is expected at Tuesday's visitation and Wednesday's
funeral in Center Line, Mich., which is being funded by the National
Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
The service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28 at the Ford
Funeral Home, 26560 Van Dyke, Center Line, Mich. 48015. Condolences
to Anthos' family, care of his niece, Athena Fedenis, can be sent to
the same address.
In Provincetown, Mass., dozens of mourners, lacking a dome, lit up a
local memorial Sunday night for a vigil with tunes from DJ Vertigo
Paris.
Others cited Anthos' case in letters to Congress in support of the
new federal hate crimes bill, HR 254, sponsored by Rep. Sheila
Jackson-Lee, D-Texas.
"Laws on the books do change attitudes," said Clarke, D-Detroit.
"Through them, people have learned it is not politically correct to
harass people because of their color. Now, this could actually help
free people in this country to be who they are."
A similar effort co-sponsored by Clarke died last year in the state
Senate Judiciary Committee.
Not least, efforts are under way to fulfill Anthos' 20-year dream of
lighting the Capitol dome in Lansing for Independence Day. Private
donations are being sought for the effort, which has previously
stalled for lack of funding; details are pending. (Barbara Wilcox,
Advocate.com)
This shit happens all the time, on many different scales, we need to fight back.
"Anthos Slaying Inspires Michigan Hate Crime Bill":
Michigan state Sen. Hansen Clarke, who knew the slain Andrew Anthos
through his efforts to light the Capitol dome, said Tuesday he will
reintroduce a bill in coming days to include sexual orientation in
Michigan's hate crimes law.
"He lived in my district and he was murdered in my district," Clarke
told Gay.com on Tuesday.
"Because Andrew was such a patriot, because he loved this country so
much and the state of Michigan so much, his death can have some impact."
Anthos, a 72-year-old gay man whose great dream was to light the
Michigan State Capitol dome in red, white and blue each Fourth of
July, was helping a wheelchair-bound friend through the snow when a
fellow bus rider irked with his singing, spouting gay slurs,
bludgeoned him from behind with a metal pipe. Anthos lingered,
paralyzed from the neck down, for 10 days before dying.
A big crowd is expected at Tuesday's visitation and Wednesday's
funeral in Center Line, Mich., which is being funded by the National
Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
The service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28 at the Ford
Funeral Home, 26560 Van Dyke, Center Line, Mich. 48015. Condolences
to Anthos' family, care of his niece, Athena Fedenis, can be sent to
the same address.
In Provincetown, Mass., dozens of mourners, lacking a dome, lit up a
local memorial Sunday night for a vigil with tunes from DJ Vertigo
Paris.
Others cited Anthos' case in letters to Congress in support of the
new federal hate crimes bill, HR 254, sponsored by Rep. Sheila
Jackson-Lee, D-Texas.
"Laws on the books do change attitudes," said Clarke, D-Detroit.
"Through them, people have learned it is not politically correct to
harass people because of their color. Now, this could actually help
free people in this country to be who they are."
A similar effort co-sponsored by Clarke died last year in the state
Senate Judiciary Committee.
Not least, efforts are under way to fulfill Anthos' 20-year dream of
lighting the Capitol dome in Lansing for Independence Day. Private
donations are being sought for the effort, which has previously
stalled for lack of funding; details are pending. (Barbara Wilcox,
Advocate.com)