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October 18, 2011

Chicago Tribune: Anti-gay leader likens vandalism to a hate crime

by Michelle Stoffel
The Chicago Tribune

Police have not classified the weekend vandalism of an Arlington Heights Christian school as a hate crime, but the leader of an anti-gay group apparently targeted said it was nothing short of domestic terrorism.

Peter LaBarbera, head of Naperville-based Americans for Truth Against Homosexuality, said that if the vandalism had been against a pro-gay group, it would have prompted a hate crime probe and greater public outcry.

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