The incident occurred around midnight on 11 June in downtown Ames, Iowa. He was found guilty last month of hate crime harassment, reckless use of fire and being a habitual offender. You can burn the US flag all you want, you can throw a crucifix in a barrel of piss and get taxpayer funding, you can dress up like a woman and flash your dick to 7 year old kids.but by God and Sonny Jesus, you'd better not burn the fagggot flag.įifteen years in Iowa jail for burning pride flagĪdolfo Martinez, 30, admitted to his crimes in a jailhouse interviewĪ US judge has handed down a sentence of at least 15 years to a man who stole an LGBT pride flag from a church and burned it outside a strip club.Īdolfo Martinez, 30, admitted to the media that he took the flag from Ames United Church of Christ due to his animosity towards homosexuals.