North Carolina: A Gay Couple lost their Home to Arson

In Johnston County,  a gay couple who had been the target of anti-gay harassment for over a year, lost the home to arson.

Here's the story:

The couple, who did not want to be identified out of fear for their safety, is staying in a motel after fire ripped through their house in the Winston Pointe subdivision, off Guy Road, around 1:30 a.m. Friday.


They were out of town when the fire was set. A neighbor reported it.


The fire is being investigated as an arson, said Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell, but he said it does not appear to be related to a string of suspicious fires in the area.


A neighbor, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of backlash against her, said there have been at least three separate incidents of anti-gay harassment at the home. A note with derogatory language was left in the mailbox, an anti-gay slur was written on the house with marker, and the tires of a car parked in the garage were slashed, the neighbor said.


"For this to happen here... it's heartbreaking," she said. "I can't even put into words how horrible it is for them."

Horrible! Hopefully, the cops will find who the assholes are. 

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