Terrible state of the nation continues

The response to the murder of yet another gay teen by the media, police, and the government seems as apathetic as usual.
How is it that almost 40 years after the stonewall riots in New York City and the emergent strength of the gay civil rights movement in the late 1960's we still have people "legitimately claiming the gay panic defense when they murder some who is gay.
How is it this defense is still accepted by police and the courts as an important piece of evidence in a case.
A man who murders a women would be laughed out of court if he claimed he had a "straight panic attack."

The only reason I can see at this time of emotions elatedness which may blind me to the truth is gays are still thought of as immoral being who deserve what they get.

To make this point a more solid argument, sexual promiscuous or aggressive women are still viewed as partly to blame by rapists and courts for being raped. The women in the link below was sexually assaulted by Halliburton employees in Iraq and was investigated to see if she had been dressing provocatively before being sexually assaulted.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4249898&page=1