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The rainbow flag installed on the facade of the Ajofrín City Council (Toledo) on the occasion of the International LGBTI Pride Day, which is commemorated on June 28, has suffered a vandalism by having set fire to it , facts that the mayor of the municipality has condemned , María Isabel Alguacil.

The event, which has transpired this Tuesday, took place on Friday night, hours after this symbol was placed on the balcony of the Town Hall of this Toledo town , the councilor explained to Efe.

Sheriff has emphasized that, just as it is done to claim other causes, such as the fight against gender violence or Women's Day, the rainbow flag was placed on Friday afternoon to commemorate LGBTI Pride Day and "at night they burned her," he lamented.

And he added that the response of the City Council was the organization, on Saturday, of an act of rejection in which another larger rainbow flag was placed.

The mayor has shown her outrage that there are still people who do not respect the sexual orientation of each one and has condemned the events.

"We think that today people have less intolerance, but no," said Alguacil, who stressed the importance of working "hard and hard" from the family, the school, the media and public institutions so that From a young age a homosexual relationship is seen as "normal".

The mayor, who has criticized the burning of "a symbol of equality" , has stated that "the sad thing" is that this group has to continue claiming their rights and has valued the support received from the residents of Ajofrín, who have also rejected this act of vandalism.

"If they don't understand it, they are out of the story"

The facts have already been brought to the attention of the Civil Guard, although the corresponding complaint is pending.

For its part, the PSOE has affirmed in its Twitter account: "Burning the flag that represents the best that can define a society - equality, diversity, tolerance - leaves those who violate it on the margin."

"This country has taken a giant step. If they do not understand it, they are out of history," added the socialists.

Similarly, the regional PSOE has highlighted on Twitter that equality is "a universal value inherent in the human being" and that "these attacks of intolerance, therefore, must hurt us all . "

"Our sentence today is proportional to our commitment to the rights of LGTBI people , " stressed the Castilian-Manchego socialists.

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