The incident took place Monday evening, Jat the Ames United Church of Christ, 217 6th street. It seems that our affirmation of God’s love for LGBTQIA+ people was bothersome enough that in a time of crisis, that affirmation became the target of his anger.” AMES An Ames man is behind bars after he allegedly tore a gay pride flag off the wall of a church and tried to burn it. However, the suspect specifically named our pride banner as a target, bypassing our much easier to reach pro-immigrant and pro-Muslim banner.
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Later, another statement from the church read, “On speaking with the police commander, I can share with you that this act of violence against our church was part of a larger series of events. NEVADA, Iowa, Decem( LifeSiteNews) A man who was arrested this summer for stealing and then lighting a church’s LGBT rainbow pride flag on fire has been sentenced to. He was intercepted and arrested by the Ames Police Department.” According to a statement from the church, “a 30 year old man who lives one block from our church tore down the God is Still Speaking queer pride banner from the southwest corner of our sanctuary and tried to set it on fire. Adolfo Martinez was convicted of a hate crime for stealing the flag in. The incident took place Monday evening, Jat the Ames United Church of Christ, 217 6th street. Decem6:59 AM EST The man who set fire to an Iowa church’s rainbow flag has received a 15-year prison sentence. Flag desecration is the desecration of a flag, violation of flag protocol, or various acts that intentionally destroy, damage, or mutilate a flag in public.
Adolfo Martinez, 30, was found guilty of a. AMES – An Ames man is behind bars after he allegedly tore a gay pride flag off the wall of a church and tried to burn it. An Iowa man was sentenced to serve 16 years behind bars after he tore down a rainbow flag symbolizing gay pride from the front of a church and burned it.