The Iowa man was found guilty of mtg a hate crime agast the Iowa gay muny.
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WOMAN WHO ALLEGEDLY SET FIRE TO GAY PRI FLAG OUTSI NYC RTRANT FOUND MENTALLY UNF FOR TRIAL
* burning gay pride flag *
It's a blsg om the Lord, " he said, explag that he did bee he "opposed homosexualy". The terview was entered to the trial as evince agast pastor Eileen Gebbie, who intifi as gay woman, says she agre that Martez' actns were motivated by hatred. “If I buy a gay pri flag and burn as a prott, whout endangerg other people or property, there is no crime, and so my hateful motive is irrelevant, ” he said.
“If you burn someone else’s Pri flag wh the tent of trashg gays bee of their stat, might be a hate crime, ” Nborne said. ”June is Pri Month, dited to regnizg the acplishments of and historil discrimatn faced by lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr also said: “We are really ncerned. "A homophobe who wanted to 'punish' gays has been jailed for 16 years for burng a LGBT pri flag — a tougher sentence than for rape.
Adolfo Martez, 30, stole the flag om Uned Church of Christ Am, Iowa, bee he hated gay people before burng outsi Dangero Curv lap dancg club... Martez admted to his crim an terview wh KCCI, sayg he was motivated by an antipathy towards homosexualy and that he had "burned down their pri, pla and simple. Although they’re jt piec of fabric, the flags are powerful symbols and remrs to queer people that they are enterg affirmg Pri flag was created the late 1970s when Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person to hold public office San Francis, asked iend Gilbert Baker to create a symbol for the queer muny.