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DonViejo

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Wed Dec 14, 2016, 01:57 PM Dec 2016

Emboldened by Trump victory, man storms into LGBTQ affirming church to spew hate

By Jeff Taylor

A man stormed into an LGBTQ-affirming church in Tempe, Ariz., and proceeded to go on an anti-gay tirade, which included threats to spread lies about the congregation.

Police say the man saw the rainbow flag hanging outside the Community Christian Church and since Donald Trump is our soon-to-be president felt empowered to make his message of hatred and intimidation known.

After telling a church employee what he thought about gay people, he threatened to pay people to protest outside the church and to spread lies about the church with charges of pedophilia.

“He said that if Hillary would have won he would have driven right on by the church without stopping, but because Trump won he felt he had permission to say and act the way he wanted to expressing the hate that he had for this particular group of people,” Pastor Doug Bland told KPHO.

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http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2016/12/emboldened-trump-victory-man-storms-lgbtq-affirming-church-spew-hate/

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Emboldened by Trump victory, man storms into LGBTQ affirming church to spew hate (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2016 OP
Only going to get worse. I fear for my country. louis-t Dec 2016 #1
angry rec. progressoid Dec 2016 #2
What a despicable "man." n/t CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2016 #3
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