A gay couple in Natick was targeted. Here’s how the neighborhood responded

[Raster]

By Michael Levenson GLOBE STAFF AUGUST 23, 2016

NATICK – Cari and Lauri Ryding always felt welcome on Strawberry Hill Road. Then they came home from vacation and discovered the rainbow flag they had hung after the Orlando massacre had been stolen and their front porch pelted with eggs.

“It really sent us reeling,” Cari said.

But what happened next reminded the couple why they loved the neighborhood in the first place. On Sunday, a squadron of children on bicycles delivered rainbow flags to house after house.

And one by one, the flags went up, transforming a swath of suburbia – more than 40 houses in all — into a brilliantly colored declaration of pride and solidarity, displayed on picket fences, garages, doorways, and decks.

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[Ken Burch]

1. Those kids were raised right.

It's always nice to see SOME signs of hope.

[Raster]

2. Good kids, good parents, good neighbors...

...decency, love and understanding will ALWAYS trump hate and bigotry.

[sheshe2]

3. K&R~

[demmiblue]

4. This is how I want our world to be.

and

[Raster]

5. The story had me bawling from the first moment I read it...

...no matter our genders, our colors, our orientation, our religions... we are not that different from each other.

[Angry Dragon]

8. That would be nice

[AwakeAtLast]

14. Absolutely!!!

I want to live in a place like that!

[romanic]

6. Now that's good neighbors for ya.

[smirkymonkey]

9. I'm so proud of my state!

[ladym55]

13. As you should be!

[friendly_iconoclast]

10. K&R. Good on the Natickers (Natickites?)

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

11. I'm not one for tears,

but...

[trixie]

12. It just goes to show

Hate is learned. Love and compassion are inherent in children. This is the community I would want to live in.



When people say that those against rights for same sex are on the wrong side of history this is exactly what they are talking about.

[surrealAmerican]

15. Now they know ...

... they live in a very good neighborhood.

[brer cat]

16. I love this story!

Neighbor standing with neighbor, children leading the way. K&R

[allan01]

17. bravo on the kids and neighborhoods part. boo to the perps .

who in the heck appointed themselves Judge , jury and executioneer. humbug.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

18. K&R

[roamer65]

19. To the bigoted vandals who stole the flag and egged their porch...

YOU LOSE.

[niyad]

20. tears here for this beautiful story. what a wonderful group of neighbors.

[Hekate]

21. Love trumps hate. How beautiful.

[Shankapotomus]

22. Defeated by children on bicycles

LOL

[LWolf]

23. I love this.

[arthritisR_US]

24. This made me cry, what beautiful people. K & R!