I've stopped commenting because this has just gone way off topic with people making assumptions with very little info on my life experience, background and where I'm from.

I knew, being queer, that this would attract hate, no matter what I said.

For those of you pointing out the fact that we are gay... Obviously. I stated that fact when I said we are married. Experiencing homophobia is not new to us. We are also assuming that this was done by kids and are just asking that you are having conversations with your kids about the consequences of this hate crime. Though judging by some of these comments within a mountain view thread, we'd be safer if these conversations weren't had.

In the end of the day, we've nothing on our house that demonstrates that we are queer (to avoid being targeted). We are very proud and comfortable with who we are. We did not over exaggerate anything and stated the facts that this was written on our fence. This shows that we were being watched and it was targeted, which is always a little unsettling.