Same-Sex Couple Receives Letter Threatening Their Family’s Lives

Vile, Disgusting, Cowardly Anonymous Letter Filled with Anti-Gay Slurs

A same-sex couple in a small Minnesota town have shared with authorities an anonymous, typed letter they received in the mail threatening their daughter’s life, and their lives. In addition to threats, the letter is filled with anti-gay slurs and many words in all-caps.

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It calls them “FAGGOTS,” “filth,” and “MENTALLY ILL,” while accusing them of “lowering the property values” of their neighbors’ homes, and “making life hard for everyone else that is NORMAL.”

St. Peter, Minnesota, has a population of less than 12,000 people.

The Mankato Free Press notes the women “preferred to remain anonymous,” and “said they believe the letter writer lives near them, and they don’t want him or her to believe the threats had their intended effect.”

“If someone from the neighborhood is watching and thinking, ‘I scared them out,’” one of the women said, “no, they have not.”

In a more threatening portion of the letter, the writer says, “I would be looking behind my back if I were you…you never know what might happen. We need to eliminate your FAGGOT ASS, all of you! You never know, your house could be torched, a gun could be used to eliminate you, you just never know, you God Damn FAGGOTS.”

“Oh, and your poor daughter!” the letter continues. “She must be so embarrassed. She needs to look behind her back also…I know where she goes to school!”

The letter also says it is their “last warning,” and “there will soon be 2 less FAGGOTS in this country.” It includes 15 instances of the word “FAGGOTS” or a strange variation of it: “FAGGOTISM.”

“St. Peter police are investigating the letter as a possible crime,” Police Chief Matt Peters says. “It isn’t part of a trend; there haven’t been any similar letters in St. Peter recently.”

The couple’s attorney wants the letter publicized, hoping it might lead to identifying the person who wrote it. The paper has published a copy of the letter. She also posted a copy to Facebook (below), asking for help.

Fortunately, the couple have received a lot of positive support within the community, including from friends and the police, and on social media.

“If anything, it’s made me more proud to live in St. Peter,” one of the women says. “Reading and hearing and seeing all the amazing things that people are saying and doing for us.”

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