Quotes from the article: 'An Iowa man was sentenced to serve 16 years behind bars after he tore down a rainbow flag symbolizing gay pride from the front of a church and burned it.Īdolfo Martinez, 30, was found guilty of a felony hate crime and third-degree harassment after he tore down the pride flag displayed in front of the United Church of Christ in Ames, Iowa. I'm writing to express my disbelief at the following Washington Examiner news article by Madison Dibble: 'Man sentenced to 16 years in prison for burning church's pride flag' ().
