house in Tennessee vandalized with anti-gay messages

Neal Anthony, from McMinnville, Tennessee, is one of the latest victims of a hate crime. His house was spray painted with a lot of anti-gay slurs including "All gays go to hell" and "Fags deserve to die". His window was also broken after one of the vandals threw a landscaping rock through it.

Anthony is an openly gay man and is in fact living with his partner Michael Duncan.

Anthony has been able to remain brave despite the situation saying: "I guess whoever was doing this thinks they are going to
run me off from this community because I’m gay. That is not going to
happen… this house has been in my family since it was built in 1851.
People out there are ignorant… times have changed. They need to accept
open-mindedness.” The house has been in his family for four generations, the historic residence was originally built by his great-grandfather who was a county judge.

Anthony told WKRN that three weeks ago several people riding
all-terrain vehicles rode by yelling anti-gay epithets and shot 80
rounds of paintballs at the house, breaking windows.

The vandals even had the mettle to go after Anthony's 82-year-old mother who lives
in a nursing home. "You’re mother is hell bound," said one of the
messages.

On a more positive note, investigators have announced that they have possible suspects already and that they will be considering this henous act a hate crime.

***In my opinion, the vandals should be locked-up immediately and we'll see how they enjoy being some hairy inmate bitch in jail! Just my two cents though...