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Gay couple with black son reveal shocking abuse they have suffered at hands of neighbors in affluent conservative Florida neighborhood after complaining about Halloween TOMBSTONES dedicated to Clinton and Pelosi (3 Pics)

Judson Kidd (left) and James Donovan (right) said they never fit into their Tierra Verde, Florida neighborhood and on Halloween they reac...

Judson Kidd (left) and James Donovan (right) said they never fit into their Tierra Verde, Florida neighborhood and on Halloween they reached a tipping point when their neighbors put up anti-liberal decorations and they complained. The couple pictured with their adopted two-year-old son Van

Judson Kidd and James Donovan are a gay couple with an adopted black son. From the day they moved into their waterfront house last summer, they never felt welcomed in the conservative, overwhelmingly white community of Tierra Verde.
Neighbors never waved or introduced themselves, they said. One mother yanked her daughter away when she started to play with 2-year-old Van. Then came Halloween, and the disturbing decorations at the big house up the street.
The yard had been transformed into a graveyard. "CNN,’’ was written on one white cross, with a gruesome gray skull at its base. Other crosses bore the names of Democrats Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. A firepit contained a jumble of bones and a cross marked "George Soros,’’ the Jewish billionaire who supports liberal causes.
All had been critics of President Donald J. Trump.
Kidd was so appalled that he took to Nextdoor, the social media site on which residents of a neighborhood can post messages, whether offering items for sale or reporting suspicious behavior. Kidd’s message was more pointed.
"This is pathetic," he said of the graveyard display. "Can’t we take the politics out of Halloween?"
That elicited a quick response: "You’re disgusting. If you don’t like it why don’t you move."
Since then, a long string of comments has reflected the nation’s deep divides leading up to Tuesday’s elections. Some posts supported Kidd. Others strongly defended the graveyard.
That made Kidd and Donovan wonder: Is this a neighborhood where we want to raise our black son? Could he be the object of racist taunts or worse as attitudes become even more hardened and polarized?
"People hear things from the president and think, ‘If the leader of the free world says it, it’s OK,’" Kidd said. "Even my rhetoric has amped up, not that I’m proud of it. But this is the world we live in today."
The couple complained about this house's anti-liberal decorations with white crosses, tiki torches, and tombstones for Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren and Nancy Pelosi

Now in their early 40s, Donovan and Kidd have been together for 15 years.
Donovan came out just after the Sept. 11 attacks. Then working on Wall Street, he was getting his shoes shined near the World Trade Center when the first plane hit. He saw people jumping from 100 stories up and realized: Life is short. It was time to acknowledge he was gay.
Soon afterward, Donovan’s employer transferred him to Texas. He met Kidd, who had just graduated from Southern Methodist University, in a gay bar in Dallas. Over the following years they moved frequently as they married and advanced in their careers — Donovan as a media executive who once worked for CNN’s parent company; Kidd in banking, then as a Realtor.
Four years ago, they settled in the Tampa Bay area. They had a vacation cottage on Anna Maria Island — "Everybody there loved having gay friends," Kidd says — and a waterfront house in northeast St. Petersburg, known as one of the nation’s most gay-friendly cities. When the couple adopted Van, neighbors cooed at the baby and brought over gifts.
This year, Kidd found an attractive deal on a larger house in Tierra Verde with a prized view of Boca Ciega Bay. As they were moving in last July, two children, no older than 7 or 8, appeared with signs sporting Trump’s "Make America Great Again" slogan.
No one stopped by to say hello.
"This is the most unwelcome I’ve ever felt," Kidd said, "We’ve live in all kinds of Deep South states and in all those situations, I was surprised at how considerate people were. In Little Rock, Arkansas, it was pure Southern hospitality."
Several days before Halloween, Donovan was riding his bike when he saw the mock graveyard. In addition to the Clinton, Pelosi, Schumer and CNN signs, one grave was marked "Socialism" and another "Pocahontas" — Trump’s nickname for Sen. Elizabeth Warren — with a severed head nearby. Donovan was also struck by the tiki torches burning next to white crosses and signs that said: "Stay Away.’’
The graveyard seemed to be a message to all those who weren’t straight, white Trump supporters.
Kidd called the Tierra Verde Community Association and sent photographs. He heard nothing. That’s when he posted on Nextdoor and prompted the response so offensive that it was taken down. But there were dozens of other comments:
Oh, dear. Whatever happened to having a sense of humor. No, Halloween isn’t just for kids and God Bless the First Amendment. If a sign intimidates you, go to your safe place.
I’m guessing that it wasn’t your neighbor’s intent for you to feel uncomfortable and if it was, who cares. Be grateful you can afford your home. The are plenty of people who can’t afford a home at all.
Just remember, you moved here and those tiki torches probably were here before you.
There were postings in support, too.
I agreed with you Mr. Kidd. Our society has become increasingly coarse and aggressive. The adults are acting like children.
Putting the name of a living person on a gravestone implies you want them dead.
The nation is split and that includes Tierra Verde. This gallows humor is an insult to other neighbors and confusing to children who we want to teach that we are all Americans with values.
The white nationalists who held their rally in Charlottesville last year used tiki torches as they marched around chanting "Jews will not replace us" and other, much worse anti-Semitic chants.
Also joining the online conversation Sharon Rhoads, the homeowner with the graveyard. She cited her charitable work and her adoption of two orphaned children from Guatemala.
My husband and I hate NO ONE, she wrote. We teach our children that we are all ALL God’s people and we love them all — men, women, LGBT, black, white, Hispanic, Christian, Jew. Our graveyard was simply political satire designed to target that with which we do disagree, WHICH IS SOCIALISM.
Rhoads invited Kidd to have coffee, which he declined. That prompted more Nextdoor comments, some of which criticized him for not meeting with her.
"With that stuff in her yard, I’m not setting foot on her property," he said.
Rhoads did not respond to a call for comment. The Tierra Verde Community Association said it had no comment on the controversy over her Halloween decorations.
At first, Kidd and Donovan were so concerned about the graveyard and some of the postings on Nextdoor that they decided to sell the house and move. Then neighbors invited them to Halloween parties. Others thanked them for speaking out. Perhaps Tierra Verde was not quite as unfriendly as they thought.
They are going to stay, for the time being at least.
Kidd complained on Nextdoor, a social networking service for neighborhoods, sparking fury in his neighborhood

25 comments

  1. When "alternative lifestyle" cultures overtake the host culture, the host will die and take the "alternative" culture withit. Attempting to "equalize" these subcultures simply because MOMMY DEMANDS that her little ..... CREATION .... be "accepted" does not change the fact they are non-viable SUB-cultures
    Where is the TOLERANCE for the belief systems that built the Civilization.
    Show me any successful, prosperous, homosexual civilization in all history..
    When the "alternate" lifestyle becomes mainstream,civilization DIES. The parasite cannot live without it's healthy host body.
    Science is science. You can't change your sex. You cant change biology because of emotions
    If you cannot NATURALLY bear and birth a child you are not a WOMAN.
    If you cannot NATURALLY fertilize an egg you are not a MAN.
    You can cut off whatever body part you want and change your pronouns. That Doesn’t change your DNA.
    They scream "tolerance" but they are INtolerant.
    They scream "HATERS" but look at their twisted faces and spittle dripping mouths.
    They scream "democracy" but they refuse to accept the will of the MAJORITY.
    There has been ZERO concern for the RIGHTS and FEELINGS of the NON-lbgtafd People, So I see ZERO reason to give a Flying FIG about theirs.
    There are TWO sexes. Male - Female. Anything else is an aberration or a mutation. A man in a woman’s clothes does not make him a woman. Men should not get to be in Women's bathrooms or lockers!
    Do you believe biological sex is determined by genetics, or by wishful thinking? This is a real conversation starter. You’ll quickly find out how many of your family members no longer believe in biological cause and effect. If they believe that sex or gender can be changed with a wish, ask them why a person can’t wish they were 30 years younger, or a different ethnicity, or even a Tibetan Snow Leopard. There’s a Caucasian man in America who literally believes he’s a Filipino woman. I hope he’s not at your Thanksgiving dinner.

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  2. ...I have a Lesbian daughter. This story is pure bull crap, as no one knows how their neighbors really feel, and the Halloween decorations are just that...Halloween decorations. What bias. I feel sorry for these two guy's kid, who will be raised to think of every look, every rejection and every negative thing in life as "other people's problem"...a perpetual child-ego-state, where they are not responsible for their own decisions. If they didn't like the neighborhood, they should have checked it out first, and made a better decision.
    RJ O'Guillory

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  3. "Rhoads invited Kidd to have coffee, which he declined. That prompted more Nextdoor comments, some of which criticized him for not meeting with her.

    "With that stuff in her yard, I’m not setting foot on her property," he said."

    hey!! let's live in a conservative neighborhood. then let's complain about it! yeah, that sounds great!

    oh no, nobody came over to welcome us! they must be racist, homophobes!




    i hate to break it to ya, but.....many people don't converse with thier neighbors. some people just like keeping to themselves. and some of them really don't like self important hipsters either.

    i can guarantee that neighbors don't like being called names.

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  4. The problem is the American meme "If you see something, say something."
    My meme is "If you see something STFU".

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  5. If those two frags are offended....they should move to a more COMMUNIST FRIENDLY neighborhood and shut their putrid cake holes....!!!!

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  6. Let's eliminate ALL trannys followed by all the fraggots!!!

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  7. Sounds like the people who move in adjacent to an airport then complain about the noise. Grow up! People have other opinions than yours; maybe the neighbors never said "Hi!" because they actually had to do something besides make small talk. Just maybe you are not actually a victim all the time; but, then, that wouldn't fit the narrative, would it.

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  8. Halloween is a time for wierdness. Nothing is more wierd than homosexuality.
    EXCEPT- When a homo couple adopts a Black boy. Hilarious Halloween!

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  9. waaaa people don't want to associate with the couple looking to trigger some dispute that they can run to the media with.. SOOO TO AVOID BEING LABELED SOMETHING BY THE VICTIM SYNDROME MORONS THEIR NEIGHBORS RIGHTFULLY AVOIDED THEM, BUT THE PC INSANE GAY COUPLE LABEL THEIR NEIGHBORS ANYWAY BY MAKING UNSUBSTANTIATED AND FAKE CLAIMS AND RUN TO THE MEDIA TO SHOW THE WORLD THEIR FAKE VICTIMIZATION AND INSANITY! and of course the media eats it up because THAT IS THE AGENDA!

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  10. Firstly, as an adopted kid myself....I really feel for this child once he gets older. It is VERY difficult being a different race than your adoptive parents and then to have the "two dads" thing on top of it! Just my two cents to gay couples wanting children......one of you needs to be the biological parent. It makes a world of difference!
    The LEAST of their worries is what people put on their lawns.
    Now for the absolute VICTIM-HOOD of these two. Private property is private.....don't like it than don't look. I am not a statist and think all politicians are pointless and odious.......but I assure you that there are people of EVERY color and sexual persuasion that like and voted for Trump and don't like the democrats. Grow up.

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  11. Maybe the "couple" would be more at home in San Francisco.

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  12. What a couple of SJW drama queens who want to be the recipients of tolerance, but not practice tolerance. Hypocrites.

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  13. Don’t tell her how to feel. That is really disrespectful to try to control other peoples feeling and speech. Hate is a natural emotion. Some people hate degenerates, that’s ok. Some children will too, thats ok. Other people grow up to be degenerates, thats ok for them to. They can keep on their side of the fence.

    Part of the reason everyone is lashing out at everyone is PC police and everyone else telling them what to do. You are not their mom or dad and disliking others is ok. You can dislike them for their shirt, skin color, sex, hair, breath or what ever. The people who act offended anyone else doesn’t like someone are the freaking disgusting problem.

    Get off your high horse no one cares. I am sick of degenerates gays and their pedophile legalization or the jews and their open borders push. Hating people that are trying to push their poor life choices on others is a good thing.

    These two queers come across as pathetic and whiny SJW’s that don’t like others expressing them selves. I feel so bad for that kid. He is going to be so confused. Probabaly gay and molested during puberty, or prior if they help it decide its a girl.

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  14. They will have it in drag by ten and telling us pedophillia is life style choice 5 years from now.

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  15. Why...you must be a good christian! Don't forget to go to your Snake Church and prey.

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  16. Frag lover....go away and play in your poop....

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  17. "Complete disregard for lived experiences"........what are you nuts or something? I detest their deviant lifestyle....it was foisted upon America by Ovomit....the main tranny lover and his husband... The large portion of these folks are probably less than 2%....what do you call large?

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  18. Get rid as in place them in mental institutions where they belong....with the rest of the libturds.....

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  19. ...yes...even if their perceptions are accurate...instead of using their experiences as teaching and development moments for their kids, they use the children as miniature-props-of-despair to emotionally illustrate their objection to whatever has them in a lather. If you are offended, then say..."I am offended", then explain your point of view as clearly as you can. But quit telling me it's about protecting your kids, who at their age...most of the time... haven't a clue as to what you are even talking about at that level. It's not the kid's battle, it's the parent's issue...but the kids make nice props.
    RJ O'Guillory

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  20. So why did Castro lock them all up in mental institutions?

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  21. Don't dismiss this by sayin it doesn't matter. Castro knew they were mental cases and acted accordingly. It was not wrong....it was refreshing to know that the deviants were locked away from normal society.....

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  22. Well considering the juice are the ones pushing this deviant lifestyle.....I blame them. Culture my arse....it's planned genocide on the white people.... I am far from a lefturd..... I detest Communists and the juice....

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