Anti-gay Republican has meltdown over LGBTQ mural she says contains 'demonic messages'

Sky Palma
April 29, 2024 

State Senator Carrie Gendreau (Carrie Gendreau state senate Facebook)

A former mill town, Littleton, New Hampshire, is feuding over a series of LGBTQ-themed murals that were installed last August by a non--profit group seeking to "beautify" run-down properties — murals that a right-wing state senator says has hidden "demonic" messages.

Republican State Senator Carrie Gendreau, who is vocally anti-LGBTQ, said in a statement that the murals that went up are "not good," The New York Post reported.

“I would encourage anyone to research what that really means,” she said, referring to the symbolism in the murals. “I don’t want that to be in our town.”

One mural, according to Gendreau, had “demonic hidden messages” and “demonic symbolism."

“I am very concerned about what is basically creeping into our community,” she said, adding that homosexuality is an "abomination."

As a result, people called for any art that appears in the town to be strictly managed.

During the same Aug. 28 board meeting where Gendreau made her comments, Town Manager Jim Gleason, whose late son was gay, quit in anger over Gendreau comments.

“My son is not an abomination,” Gleason said to an outburst of applause.


Mural artist Meg Reinhold expressed disappointment that such anger would erupt over her work.

“If a viewer looks at these works and sees demons and darkness, what does that tell us about how they view the world?” Reinhold said.

“While I am disappointed that attempts are being made to silence artistic expression in public spaces I am fortified in my conviction that I want to continue making meaningful public art,” Reinhold wrote in a previous post to Instagram. “I will fight wholeheartedly against censorship, and will double down when that censorship targets the LGBTQ+ community.”

Gendreau said she approaches the issue of the paintings “from a biblical perspective