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Everynowandthenasocietyisconfrontedbyacrimesohorrificthatitpromptsprofoundreflectionand,eventually,change.AmongsuchcrimeswasthemurderinChileofDanielZamudio.OnOctober28th2012acourtsentencedoneofhisattackerstolifeinprison.Twooftheothersgot15yearseach;thefourthgotsevenyears.
Zamudiowasbeatenunconsciousinaparkinthecapital,Santiago,forbeinggay.Hisfourattackerscarvedswastikas(纳粹党所用的十字记号)intohisskin,brandedhimwithcigarettesandhithisrightlegveryhardwithan8kgrock.Accordingtothecourttestimony,theythenurinated(小便)onhisbody.
Zamudiodiedinhospitalthreeweekslater.Hewas24.
Thechangethatfollowedwasbrisk.Withinweeksofthemurder,legislatorspassedintolawananti-discriminationbillthathadbeenkickingaroundCongress,largelyignored,forsevenyears.Gayrightshavebeenathemeinthecurrentpresidentialcampaign.Mostofthecandidatessaytheynowbackgaymarriage.
Chilehasneverbeenaneasyplaceforhomosexuals(同性恋).TheCatholicchurchmaintainsafrightening,ifgraduallydecreasing,griponpublicmorality.Divorcewasbanneduntil2004,andgaysexdecriminalisedonlyin1999(inArgentinaandBrazilithasbeenlegalsincethe19thcentury).ChileisoneofonlyfourcountriesinSouthAmericawheretheageofconsentishigherforgaysthanforheterosexuals(异性恋).
And,depressingly,brutalattacksliketheoneonZamudiocontinue.OnOctober20th2012a21-year-oldgayman,WladimirSepulveda,wasassaulted
inthetownofSanFranciscodeMostazal,60kinsouthofSantiago,ashewalked
homewithanotherman.Hissixattackersincludedtwowomen.Witnessessaid
theattackersshoutedhomophobic(仇视同性恋的)insultsatMr.Sepulveda,
shovedhimtothegroundandkickedandbeathimunconscious.Heremainsina
coma(昏迷),fightingforhislife--asadreminderthatChileisnotassafeand
orderlyahaveninanoftenviolentcontinentasChileansliketothink.Atleastnotforeveryone.
WhywasDanielZamudiobeatenbyfourattackers? A.Becausehehadoffendedothersbefore.
B.Becausehewashomosexual.
C.Becauseheintendedtocommitacrime.
D.Becausehewasagainstgayrights.
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