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LGBTQ flags stolen, slashed but later replaced in this small Loudoun County town
C’mon people. Spread love, not hate.
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LGBTQ flags stolen, slashed but later replaced in this small Loudoun County town
Victims of theft and vandalism of Pride flags in Lovettsville say the town is trying to turn hate into love.
Author: Bruce Leshan
Published: 6:35 PM EDT June 18, 2021
Updated: 6:35 PM EDT June 18, 2021
LOVETTSVILLE, Va. — There's been an outpouring of love in a small Loudoun County town struggling with hate. ... Dozens of homes are now flying rainbow flags after someone targeted LGBTQ houses in Lovettsville with vandalism and theft. ... All during Pride month.
"This is what they did to ours," Calvin Woehrle said, showing a multi-colored flag that looked like someone had attacked it with a straight razor in front of his home on Pennsylvania Avenue. ... "I was kind of angry because I figured it's 2021 and I thought we were kind of over that," said his brother, Malcolm Woehrle.
The vandals also struck the house next door, where two wives live with their four kids and nine chickens. ... "There're a lot of eggs in this house," joked Sheryl Frye.
It was a neighbor bringing them a replacement flag who alerted Frye and her wife Kris Consaul that their house had been hit. Haig Evans-Kavaldjian said he brought the new flag, "Just to demonstrate that we will not be hidden and we will not be cowed." ... But the crimes escalated, from vandalism to theft.
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LGBTQ flags stolen, slashed but later replaced in this small Loudoun County town
Victims of theft and vandalism of Pride flags in Lovettsville say the town is trying to turn hate into love.
Author: Bruce Leshan
Published: 6:35 PM EDT June 18, 2021
Updated: 6:35 PM EDT June 18, 2021
LOVETTSVILLE, Va. — There's been an outpouring of love in a small Loudoun County town struggling with hate. ... Dozens of homes are now flying rainbow flags after someone targeted LGBTQ houses in Lovettsville with vandalism and theft. ... All during Pride month.
"This is what they did to ours," Calvin Woehrle said, showing a multi-colored flag that looked like someone had attacked it with a straight razor in front of his home on Pennsylvania Avenue. ... "I was kind of angry because I figured it's 2021 and I thought we were kind of over that," said his brother, Malcolm Woehrle.
The vandals also struck the house next door, where two wives live with their four kids and nine chickens. ... "There're a lot of eggs in this house," joked Sheryl Frye.
It was a neighbor bringing them a replacement flag who alerted Frye and her wife Kris Consaul that their house had been hit. Haig Evans-Kavaldjian said he brought the new flag, "Just to demonstrate that we will not be hidden and we will not be cowed." ... But the crimes escalated, from vandalism to theft.
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