"I'd much prefer not to be here today," he said, "but Waterford is a very warm inclusive place, it's a great place to be, it's a great place to live. An Iowa man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday for stealing and burning a churchs rainbow LGBT pride flag.
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Officers testified that upon his arrest, Mayfield said he didn’t understand how burning a flag could be a felony. In this case, the perpetrator was apologetic, saying I have gay friends and I apologize to my neighbors. Protesters Burn Gay Pride Flag JCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Two protesters were arrested Sunday at the Statehouse after one of them took down the rainbow flag that represents gay rights and burned it, authorities said. Police responded and are investigating the case as a hate crime. Mayor of Waterford, councillor Damien Geoghegan said it was crucial that the flags be flown again. Cameron Mayfield was 23 when he burned a gay pride flag belonging to his neighbors in Omaha, Nebraska. Recently, in South Carolina, a woman reported to police that her rainbow flag had been removed from her front porch by a person or persons unknown, laid across the windshield of her car, doused with an accelerant, and set on fire. It's important for us to support all members of our community no matter what their background or whatever their views on the world might be." "For us one of our biggest months of the year, coming together as a community to support everybody. Darrin Pesall, a man in South Dakota, recorded himself on Facebook Live burning a Pride flag while yelling, Burn, burn, burn, you. Inspector Gavin Hegarty, from Waterford Garda Station, said it was important for gardaí to show their support for the event. Published Updated Jul 30, 2020, 6:01 pm CDT. "We really think of the LGBT people across Waterford who wouldn't be able to stand here and be proud and we want this to be a really clear message that LGBT people are part of communities in Waterford." "Being able to be visible in the face of hate is a really important thing to do because we get knocked down but we stand back up," said Debbie O'Rourke, from the Pride of the Déise group. Meanwhile, people gathered today for the reraising of Pride flags outside Waterford City and County Council's buildings at the Mall, where activists, politicians, and gardaí saw the flag held aloft again.
#Burn the gay flag free
just like its my free speech to call him a big ol pile of crap but what he needs to understand is there's consequences to free speech just because yes free speech doesn't give him protection from the consequences of it now he.
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and you know its his free speech to do that. Pride flags fly at council building again the guy in the OP video bought them to burn them.
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This symbol combo has triggered a lot of rage and feelings of social isolation in social media for over two weeks of late Feb 2019. The incident came at the end of Waterford's Pride of the Déise weekend for the LGBTQ+ community. So that symbol combo was such a strong trigger that it turned hordes of people to blame Apple and the rest of emoji designer companies for allegedly making an anti gay emoji. Gardaí had been investigating the incident where a number of Pride flags were taken down and set alight at the Mall, Waterford City, in the early hours of Monday last.