When newlywed Andrew Windham-Harris left work last weekend, he found his Jeep Cherokee had been vandalized. Someone spray painted the words “Die Fag” in enormous letters across the entire passenger side door.
“It about tore my heart out,” Windham-Harris, who had just married his husband a few days earlier, told WLOS-TV.
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The incident happened sometime between 11:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. on Saturday night into Sunday morning outside the takeout restaurant in Waynesville, N.C. where Windham-Harris is employed.
Windham-Harris’ Jeep was parked beside two other vehicles, but, he says, “mine was the only car that was painted.” He spent two hours scrubbing off the graffiti only to discover the vandal had also keyed the slur into the door panels. It’s going to cost him $500 to repair.
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The Haywood County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating the incident but would not comment about whether they have any active leads on the case.
Windham-Harris says he hopes they find the vandal, but he’s not going to let the incident affect him.
“This has happened but I’m not going to let it back me down, or have me living in fear,” Windham-Harris said. “I’m going to go on living my life, my new husband, and my house. And we’re going to keep having the American dream work for us.”
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Daniel Bujes
Best response is glitter on the other side that says “This gives me life!”
Richard Lee Zweiben Klein
How awful. There’s still too many assholes walking around not minding their own business
Jacqui Sexton
I am neither pro nor anti gay but i do believe people should choose to be happy over anything else and people should mind their own business, pure and uttee jealousy that a gay person can be happier than themselves x
John Kuehnle
What comes around goes around
aliengod
Looks to me like it says PIE FAG.
Jim McHardy
More hate and bigotry it goes on and on
Giancarlo85
Typical republicans vandalizing property…
Jay A. Scaramazzo
Alistair Wiseman
@Giancarlo85:
Oh, did you know them? Of course, not. Just more hate and bigotry.
Perhaps it is another gay person who loves to think they’re a victim.
http://dailycaller.com/2015/10/13/another-anti-gay-hate-crime-turns-out-to-be-a-big-hoax/
http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/220903/another-day-another-fake-anti-gay-hate-crime-daniel-greenfield
Giancarlo85
@Alistair Wiseman: Daily Diarrhea and Frontpageturd… more classic yellow journalism from Alistair Dumbass. Bravo.
How would you know that this wasn’t real? Just another one of your stupid claims.
You have anything else stupid to share? You right wingers are incredibly violent and unhinged.
Alistair Wiseman
@Giancarlo85:
You stated, “You right wingers are incredibly violent and unhinged.”
Really?
http://www.queerty.com/married-congressional-aide-attacks-male-lover-with-shovel-in-front-of-wife-20151014
Brian
Surely there is security footage of this. Many establishments have cameras trained on their car parks.
Alistair Wiseman
@Giancarlo85:
Oh, here you go. From what you consider a “reliable” source. Same story, different source. Feel better?
http://www.queerty.com/sadistic-antigay-frat-attack-turns-out-to-be-a-hoax-20151015
Giancarlo85
@Alistair Wiseman: So this is what dementia does? You harp on about one story. Republicans like yourself are a violent lying group of people. Republicans love war, hate minorities and bomb prochoice clinics. Shall I say anything more, idiot?
@Alistair Wiseman: And what does that have to do with this story? You really are a stupid thing.
Alistair Wiseman
“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”
– Euripides
Giancarlo85
@Alistair Wiseman: Look in the mirror.