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Horrifying: "Fag" spray-painted on OK gay man's car, then blown up

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By Chrislove, Kos faggot
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Jon Ferguson is lucky to be alive. Early Saturday morning, the 
Edmond, Oklahoma (in the Oklahoma City metro area), man man woke 
up to his car alarm going off. He rushed outside to find a group 
of vandals defacing his car. When he confronted them, they threw 
something into his car, causing it to explode. Ferguson was then 
taken to the hospital with first- and second-degree burns caused 
by the explosion.

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That's not even it, though. The vandals also spray-painted the 
word "fag" on his car.

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This obviously leads Ferguson, who lives as an openly gay man, 
and others to believe this was not merely a random act of arson, 
but a hate crime. It is currently being investigated as an 
arson, though, not a crime motivated by hate, although that may 
(hopefully) change. From News 9:

Ferguson says he spoke on Saturday with investigators with the 
Oklahoma City Fire Department.

The Oklahoma City Fire Department is investigating the fire and 
right now the case is considered to be an act of arson. Chief 
Homer Jones tells News 9 investigators plan to interview 
Ferguson again to obtain additional information and details, but 
right now there are no suspects.

What's even worse is the effect this has understandably had on 
Ferguson. He is now having second thoughts about his decision to 
come out and live openly.

It's almost not worth being proud of who you and trying to show 
you're gay because stuff like this really does happen. I've 
always seen it on the news that kids are dying and stuff because 
they're being bullied, and you're 25 years old and something 
like this happens to you. It's almost not worth it, and you 
understand why kids don't come out of the closet.

I'm sure Ferguson isn't the only one in Oklahoma City wondering 
if it was wise to come out. And this is really what hate crimes 
are designed to do--victimize an entire community.

Scott J. Hamilton, the executive director of Cimarron Alliance, 
an Oklahoma LGBT advocacy group, has this to say:

When anyone is victimized in this way, it is a tragedy. When it 
is compounded by hate based only on sexual orientation, it 
victimizes an entire community. This horrific incident is a sad 
and vivid reminder that Oklahoma City's LGBT community is still 
not fully accepted. Cimarron Alliance will work diligently with 
authorities to make certain those responsible for this hate-
based crime are punished to the fullest extent of the law. Hate 
is not an Oklahoma value and those responsible for this crime 
must be brought to justice.

This is a senseless act of violence and, more than that, an 
attempt to intimidate Ferguson and Oklahoma City's LGBT 
community. We can only hope that the perpetrators see the inside 
of a courtroom very soon.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/7/25/1113584/-Horrifying-Fag-
spraypainted-on-OK-gay-man-s-car-then-blown-up

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