Religious activist fined for burning library's LGBTQ books
ORANGE CITY, Iowa (AP) — A religious activist accused of burning four LGBTQ children's books that he checked out of a library in Iowa has been convicted of criminal mischief and fined.
Sioux County Attorney Thomas Kunstle says 63-year-old Paul Robert Dorr, of Ocheyedan, was found guilty of the misdemeanor Tuesday and ordered to pay $125 in fines and court costs.
Dorr posted a video to Facebook in October in which he denounced the Orange City library for having the books and threw them into a burning barrel.
Dorr had fought to have the charge dismissed, saying he was singled out for prosecution because of his anti-gay message. A judge rejected his argument in July, saying the only message being sent to him was "that he cannot burn books that do not belong to him."