Men attack woman in her own home, and carve the word "dyke" into her skin.

ABC is not publicizing the words that were carved into this young woman's body, but the local news outlet is not quite so pensive:

 Davidsaver would not say what the men carved into the woman's skin. “We need to maintain the integrity of the case,” he said. 

But Erin Thompson of Lincoln, who described herself as the victim's best friend, said she got a call from her friend about 6:30 Sunday morning. The friend asked Thompson to pick her up from the hospital. 

“They carved on me,” Thompson said her friend tearfully told her. Thompson said three epithets, including the word “dyke,” were carved on her arms and stomach. 

The woman, who is in her 30s, walked, naked and bound, to a neighbor's house to get help, Thompson said. 

What would possess ANYBODY to hurt a person like this simply because of their sexuality?

And where do these people learn such hate?

Oh, that's right. How could I forget?

You may argue that this is not fair, but then you tell me, where is the source in this country that supports the idea that homosexuality is an abomination (Leviticus 18:22), or that people who engage in it should be punished (Leviticus 20:13)?

I rest my case.

Update: By the way this is NOT the only hate crime directed at the gay community in the last few days:

Jon Ferguson, a 25-year old gay Oklahoma City man Saturday morning saw his car spray painted with the word “fag,’ then blown up feet away from him as he approached. Ferguson was rushed to the hospital with 1st and 2nd degree burns as the flames from his Camaro rose ten feet into the air.

I am hoping we are not seeing a pattern.