Story out of Bean Blossom, Indiana:
St. David's Episcopal Church in Bean Blossom was vandalized sometime Saturday night.
Vandals painted tags on the walls, depicting a swastika, an anti-gay slur and "Heil Trump."
The Rev. Kelsey Hutto, priest in charge at St. David's Episcopal Church, said she was disheartened after finding the graffiti on the walls of the church Sunday morning. But her next thought was more positive.
"Well, we must be doing something right," Hutto said she thought. "We stated one time that doing the right thing was not always the popular thing. We were targeted for a reason, and in our mind it was for a good reason."
Since Election Day, there have been more than 200 incidents of hateful harassment and intimidation across the country, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. And the rise in hate crimes since the election appears to be worse than what happened after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, told USA Today. Cont.
Story from - Indy Star
Image from - St. David's Episcopal Church/Facebook
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