Destiny Church Leader Brian Tamaki said the vandalism was done in protest of the lack of communication from the council regarding their fears about the library event.

They aimed to “protect the innocence of children” and to force the mayor to cancel the event by destroying a symbol that represented the group holding it.

“Well, I think it’s quite obvious that we’ve been very clear why we’re doing this. We don’t agree (with) the drag queens that are allowed access to public libraries to be able to teach,” Tamaki said.

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