Police are investigating reports that several young adults wearing masks smashed windows at Mars Hill Church in Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday.
The attack on Pastor Mark Driscoll's church was believed to by members of a pro-gay group called "Angry Queers".
The damage to the historic stained-glass windows of the Portland church was estimated to be at several thousand dollars, Koinlocal6.com reported. KOIN said it had received an email from a group identified as "Angry Queers" accusing Mars Hill Church of being "notoriously anti-gay and anti-woman". The group allegedly targeted Pastor Driscoll, who has a strong stance against sexual relations outside of the confines of heterosexual marriage.
It is not known what exactly the group was trying to achieve in its alleged act of vandalism against the church, but a spokesperson for Mars Hill, Justin Dean, described the attack as "sad". Read more
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