Oklahoma is one of nineteen states where members of the GLBT community are not a protected class of people. Beating a person for being gay is not considered a hate crime in this state it is merely an assault. If members of the glbt community were protected this act would be a felony. Cody Rogers knows all to well that we are not protected he was beaten this past week in Tulsa, Oklahoma because he is gay. Not just for Cody but for all of us this law should change.