In a fundraising email with the subject line “God Hates Pride,” the Colorado Republican Party instructed its followers to take up a campaign to burn rainbow flags to demonstrate their bigotry and intolerance, ABC News reports. With an accompanying video titled “God Hates Flags,” the state Party repeated a list of homophobic themes like LGBTQ people are promiscuous child molesters because they’re angry about Pride Month.
“I personally found it very troubling. I spoke with many LGBT and non LGBT Republicans yesterday who also found the message in the email disgusting and offensive. This email does NOT Represent the Republican voters of Colorado,” Valdamar Archuleta, the GOP candidate for Congress from Denver posted on social media. A gay man, Valdamar continues to be a Colorado Republican.