Adolfo Martinez was found guilty on Wednesday after tearing down and burning the flag. Public announcement: 'Fgot pride month is cancelled due to white boy summer. A man has been sentenced to about 15 years after burning an LGBTQ flag hanging from a church in Iowa. The caption read: 'Greetings from Sweden. The first video showed a man in a skull mask torching the flag, while the second showed the flag burning. A spokesperson with An Garda Siochána appealed for information from anyone that was on the Mall or Parnell Street area, in Waterford City, between 5am and 6am on Monday morning. A Swedish neo-Nazi clothing line posted two videos and a photo showing two people torching an LGBTQ+ flag. Pride of the Déise are working with the Gardaí in their ongoing investigation into finding the people responsible. If anything they will only get bigger and better.” An Iowa man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday for stealing and burning a churchs rainbow LGBT pride flag.
The organisers finished the Twitter thread with an inspiring promise: “We will continue to raise our rainbow flags and not let this deter us from throwing many more Pride Parades in County Waterford. This shows the exact reason why we should have Pride in Waterford and a clear reminder why Pride Month is still necessary,” the statement continued. “This is a clear reminder as to why we celebrate Pride, and shows how important Pride of the Déise community is for Waterford County. They also said: “We hope that the LGBTQAI+ Community of Waterford will stand together and will continue to be visible in the face of this hate.” Pride of the Déise organisers said in a statement on Twitter that it is ‘very disheartening’ to see the pride flag burned.
He has criticised the people behind the burning and has described it as a ‘disgusting’ act.Ĭllr Geoghegan is already on the hunt for new Pride flags to be flown above the council’s offices: “I certainly won’t be deterred as mayor and will be looking to have the flags replaced immediately… It is my intention to replace those flags as a show of solidarity to the LGBTQI community.” The mayor of Waterford, Councillor Damien Geoghegan, originally proposed the flags be raised for the month of June.
I would think that Adolfo Martinez stands to win a lot of money. If burning the American Flag is legal, then burning the Gay flag is legal as well. The council made the discovery after being alerted by security in a neighbouring premises. The burning of the flag didn’t put any people or property (other than the gay flag) in jeopardy, but the leftists in charge don’t care and have charged him with a hate crime against a flag. However, the Pride flag outside the council offices was burned in the early hours of Monday morning. Pride flags had been erected in recent days to celebrate the launch of Waterford’s ‘ Pride of the Déise’ festival, which was a weekend of online events aimed toward the LGBTQ+ community.