Colorado Springs church vandalized for the fourth time in six months

By Debbie Kelley | The Gazette

Emily Bond’s first thought when she got to work on Tuesday morning was, “Oh, no! We have to get another banner. Again.”

Shortly before 8 p.m. Monday night, as members of the Out Loud Men’s Chorus were rehearsing inside First Congregational Church in downtown Colorado Springs, a neighbor’s video cam captured two cars pulling up, and six individuals jumping out and ripping down a large, rainbow-colored banner that for years has hung in the church portico.

Oversized lettering on the banner reads: “A Just World for All.”

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