New Hampshire town mulls banning all public art after panic over rainbow painting

An uproar over a rainbow-themed painting has led one town in New Hampshire to mull taking the extreme step of banning all public art.

Canada's CBC News reports that controversy engulfed Littleton earlier this year when a local LGBTQ group painted a diversity mural that featured several pictures, including one with a "rainbow-hued color wheel" made to represent the town's LGBTQ community.

This apparently upset local town councilor Carrie Gendreau, who has said that she believes "homosexuality is an abomination" that should not be on public display.

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In particular, Gendreau has cited the writings of a "Doomsday Prophet," Jonathan Cahn, as a justification for banning rainbow pride displays in town, as Cahn argues they are secret symbols of the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar.

Local resident Kerri Harrington, who organized the pride mural, tells CBC that she's stunned anyone could think a simple rainbow painting could summon the powers of an ancient demoness into her town.

"It's crazy-making," she said. "Mind-boggling."

Courtney Vashaw, the president of the town's local theater company, tells CBC that she even confronted Gendreau about her advocacy of Cahn's writings.

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"I am a queer woman," she declared. "I am married to a woman. And I have not been indoctrinated by Satan or demons."

All the same, the turmoil caused by the painting may lead the town to take drastic action of banning all public art since targeting only LGBTQ-themed murals would likely spark an expensive constitutional lawsuit.