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. >> it started this morning when chris schwartz woke up and realized his lawn signs outside his home in his front door had been vandalized. chris is the only democrat and he is the only openly gay black hawk in the race. most of the damage was on the spray-painted signs but there was one sign with an anti-gay slur that we are choosing to blur out tonight in a bible verse painted on his door. that verse refers to say gay people should be put to death. chris and his boyfriend are considering a death threat. >> i know this represents a small but vocal portion of people. reach out to their republican opponents. they are condemning the vandalism. together they are for outside candidates who are running for -- along with two incumbents for three seats on the black hawk county board of supervisors. >> that's terrible and its nonrelevant. nothing to do with the ability to govern. >> this is what our society has become. it is casting stones and everyone not taking responsibility for their own actions or what they represent. it has nothing to do with politics as far as i'm concerned to this ev

chris schwartz says, when he got up yesterday morning, he saw the defaced campaign signs in front of his home. someone also spray painted his door with a bible verse that refers to putting homosexuals to death. schwartz blames the group, cedar valley patriots for christ, for encouraging the vandalism. "i expected there to be things on social media, which there have i'd call a hate crime." "vandalism and violence is not showing love to anybody, and that's not what we believe in." judd saul said his group has campaigned against schwartz because of his sexual orientation. but he denied his group's involvement in the vandalism. both the black hawk county democrats and republicans have released statements condemning the vandalism. iowa state university says racist posters have popped up on campus. university put out a letter saying they found them yesterday morning in about 20 spots on campus. the university says while it supports freedom of expression, discrimination and harassment is against policy. the posters are similar to fliers found on the university of iowa campus this month. som

attention.democratic candidate chris schwartz woke up to his political signs being vandalized -- with anti-gay slurs written on one of them. there was also a referece to leviticus 20-13 on his front door -- that's a bible verse saying that gay people should be killed.schwartz is the only openly gay candidate in the race -- and he says until now civil. "it's very hurtful to people. you see all the lgbtq teen suicides around the country. you see all the depression that happens. i talk to teens in our community that deal with this on a daily basis.." basis.."schwartz says he doesn't know who did it -- but over the past few days -- he had been attacked online by a facebook group called the cedar valley patriots for christ.they had been speaking out against schwartz's support for new events like pridefest in the waterloo area.they offered to pay for damages -- but their leader also suggested that schwartz may have staged the vandalism himself.schwartz denies that -- and his opponents are speaking out against that kind of action. "i was in complete shock that somebody would do that. it's in

. >> reporter: it started first thing this morning when chris schwartz woke up and saw his lawn signs had been vandalized outside of his home overnight. he is the only democratic in the only gay person running for black hawk county supervisor in waterloo. most of the damage was spray- painted signs. you can see the video where they are damaged. there is one side with an anti- gay slur and we are blurring it out. and also a bible verse painted on his door. that verse eight gay people people love our record of service. we've served this community for a nubmer of to help establish cedar valley . pridefest.chris says in the past few weeks -- he's been getting attacked online by a facebook group called cedar valley patriots for christ. they've been speaking out against his support for gay rights issues -- and publicly backing his three republican opponents.today -- the leader of that group told the waterloo cedar falls courier that he thinks schwartz facebook post -- the groups says they'll help pay for the damage -- but that it seems like a move out of the leftist playbook.schwartz's oppo

chris schwartz is the only democrat -- and only openly gay person running to be on the black hawk county board of supervisors.he says throughout the race -- the discussion has been issue based -- until this . morning.chris woke up to this -- his lawn signs vandalized -- with some words we won't show on tv.hisro a reference to leviticus 20:13 -- which says that gay people should be put to death.chris and his boyfriend -- are taking that as a death threat. it says the man who lies with man should be put to death. it filled me with anger but it filled me with fear as well. i don't exactly feel safe in my community right now. now.we reached out to all three of schwartz's republican condemning the vandalism -- at least one came up short of condemning the anti-gay messages as well. it's compeltely wrong and i hope those that did it are found and prosecuted.it's a shame that a few ignorant people can drive a wedge betweent he people and what we stand for. for.schwartz tells us that in the past few weeks -- the group cedar valley for christ has been attacking him on facebook for supporting gay r

chris schwartz says when he got up this morning, he saw the defaced campaign signs in front of his home. someone also spray painted his door with a bible verse that refers to putting homosexuals to death. schwartz blames the group, cedar valley patriots fo "i expected there to be things on social media, which there have been, but i didn't think it would get to the level of what i'd call a hate crime." "vandalism and violence is not showing love to anybody, and that's not what we believe in." judd saul said his group has campaigned against schwartz because of his sexual orientation. but he denied his group's involvement in the vandalism. both the black hawk county statements condemning the vandalism. the highway 965 bridge in johnson county could open sooner than expected. county engineers say great weather has put crews on pace to finish the project by the end of next month at the latest. they say workers poured the concrete bridge deck last week. johnson county shut down the bridge last month. that's after it failed an inspection earlier this year. iowa is now the first state to genera

someone vandalized the campaign signs of an openly gay candidate for chris schwartz says, when he got up yesterday morning, he saw the defaced campaign signs in front of his home. someone also spray painted his door with a bible verse that refers to putting homosexuals to death. schwartz blames the group, cedar valley patriots for christ, for encouraging the vandalism. "i expected there to be things on social media, which there have been, but i didn't think it would get to the level of what i'd call a hate crime." "vandalism and violence is not showing love to anybody, and that's not what we believe in." judd saul said his group has campaigned against schwartz because of his sexual orientation. but he denied his group's involvement in the vandalism. both the black hawk county democrats and republicans have released statements condemning the vandalism. iowa state university says racist posters have popped up on campus. this is what they look like. the university put out a letter saying they found them yesterday morning in about 20 spots on campus. the university says while it against p

chris schwartz is the only democrat and openly gay candidate. woke up thursday may on this morning found in his signs damn lies. most were just a pain of that there was a sign with a homophobic slur. were cursing to blur that out. there is a bible verse painted on a store. should be put to death. chris and his boyfriend are considering that a death threat.>> people love our community. we have wonderful projects from community gardens to helping establish pride fest.>> he says in the past few weeks, he has been attacked online by a group called theater valid paper this page is for christ. they told the waterloo courier that they think he vandalized that they will help pay for the damage but they think it looks like a hope. his opponents are speaking out against the -- against the vandalism. >> it is wrong. i hope those that did it are found and prosecuted. >> it is a shame that a few ignorant people can do this expected to be together on monday for a forum before the election on november 8-th. candidates are expected to be monday.>>> republican l

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