Don't like someone? Burn his house down!

Several anti-gay arsons have occurred in recent days. Mike Tidmus has the info.

Capping an alarming trend this past month, a fourth anti-gay fire has destroyed the home of a young gay couple in Lakeland, Florida. On 25 July, Paul Day and Christopher Robertson returned from running errands to find their home in flames and “Die Fag” scrawled on their front steps.

The couple had frequently been the victim of anti-gay verbal abuse since moving to the area, and Paul Day claims their mailbox had been riddled with shotgun pellets when they lived another part of the county.

Police investigators reported that the fire had multiple points of origin. Day adds that it appeared a flammable substance had been poured on the carpet.

In an article on the arson attack in The Orlando Sentinel, local gay activist Patrick Jones suggests that those with anti-gay attitudes are more apt to push boundaries than they used to be.

No doubt because of the anti-gay rhetoric of the right. Does the Bible(TM) tell people to burn down people's houses?