{"id":18783,"date":"2017-08-30T16:06:23","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T16:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=18783"},"modified":"2017-08-30T16:10:55","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T16:10:55","slug":"minnesota-family-receives-letter-threatening-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2017\/08\/minnesota-family-receives-letter-threatening-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota family receives letter threatening their lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/HATEMAIL2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"531\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/HATEMAIL2.jpg 531w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/HATEMAIL2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><br \/>\nA same-sex couple in St. Peter, Minnesota have shared with authorities an anonymous, typed letter they received in the mail threatening their lives. Part of the letter says, &#8220;I would be looking behind my back if I were you&#8230;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com\/davidbadash\/same_sex_couple_receives_letter_threatening_their_child_s_life?utm_source=Facebook&#038;utm_medium=post&#038;utm_campaign=AM&#038;utm_content=Same-Sex+Couple+Receives+Letter+Threatening+Their+Family%27s+Lives\" target=\"_blank\">The New Civil Rights Movement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh, and your poor daughter!&#8221; the letter continues. &#8220;She must be so embarrassed. She needs to look behind her back also&#8230;I know where she goes to school!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mankatofreepress.com\/news\/local_news\/st-peter-couple-shaken-by-anti-gay-threatening-letter\/article_4b6977f6-8c30-11e7-a8a1-037bbc62c777.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mankato Free Press<\/a> notes the women preferred to remain anonymous. The paper has published a copy of the letter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;St. Peter police are investigating the letter as a possible crime,&#8221; Police Chief Matt Peters says.<\/p>\n<p>Proud Parenting is fundraising for a family in Oklahoma who lost everything in a house fire, after being threatened by their neighbors.  You can donate to the cause at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/proudparenting\" target=\"_blank\">GoFundMe.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A same-sex couple in St. Peter, Minnesota have shared with authorities an anonymous, typed letter they received in the mail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":18786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Minnesota family receives letter threatening their lives - Proud Parenting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2017\/08\/minnesota-family-receives-letter-threatening-lives\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minnesota family receives letter threatening their lives - 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