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Woman who received $43,000 for her \u2018relentlessly gay<\/a>\u2019 yard accused of being a hoax<\/b><\/p>\n

A Baltimore woman<\/a> who raised over US$43,000 – far in excess of her original US$5,000 goal – in just two weeks after claiming her Christian neighbors threatened her over her ‘relentlessly gay<\/a>’ yard has now been accused of contriving the plot as part of a scam.<\/p>\n

Julie Baker, a widowed mother-of-four who lives on the outskirts of the city and identifies as bisexual<\/a>, launched a GoFundMe campaign on 16 June vowing to make her yard ‘even more relentlessly gay<\/a>’ after she had received a note from a neighbor.<\/p>\n

She wrote that the note signed by ‘A Concerned Home Owner’ told her that her yard which features a set of colorful lamps that ‘spell out ‘love’ and ‘ohana’ – a Hawaiian word for ‘family’ – is too ‘Relentlessly Gay’ as the neighborhood is a ‘Christian area and there are Children’.<\/p>\n

‘Keep it up and I will be forced to call<\/a> the police on You! Your kind need to have Respect for GOD,’ it warned.<\/p>\n

She is now accused of contriving the story as consistencies and suspicions have surfaced.<\/p>\n

Baker then has reportedly closed the account, saying she had raised ‘more than plenty’ of money.<\/p>\n

Online sleuths have pointed out that both Baker and the letter she allegedly received appear to feature the same improper use of capitalization.<\/p>\n

The letter features words such as ‘others,’ and ‘forced’ that are capitalized while her GoFundMe<\/a> page shows words such as ‘home’, ‘relent’ and ‘hatred’ that are incorrectly capitalized.<\/p>\n

Gay website Queerty reported that Baker consistently capitalizes words on her Facebook page, where she often goes on rants<\/a> about Christian’s being opposed to gay<\/a> marriage.<\/p>\n

‘Myth-busting’ website Snopes contacted the police after reaching out to Baker.<\/p>\n

It reported that when donations to the campaign reached US$43,000 critics began questioning<\/a> why Baker was continuing to accumulate monies far in excess of her goal of $5,000.<\/p>\n

Snopes then reached out to Baker asking if she could provide any information to readers to reassure them of the authenticity of her claims.<\/p>\n

She replied to them saying, ‘I have been in contact with the police, they are satisfied with me, I am satisfied with them, and am grateful to them. They have no reason to believe that I have done anything wrong or been anything but authentic.<\/p>\n

However Snopes found out that’s not the case when they spoke to a detective at Baker’s local precinct on 24 June after they were referred to them by ‘individuals connected with the Relentlessly Gay campaign.’<\/p>\n

Snopes said they were told by a detective that ‘Baker was either unwilling or unable to produce the letter in question, and that she had maintained it was no longer in her possession.’<\/p>\n

The detective also said that he had attempted to meet with Baker in person the previous day but was unable to do so.<\/p>\n

Baker closed her GoFundMe page on 22 June. On the page, she thanked donors for their ‘extreme generosity.’<\/p>\n

‘I just learned moments ago that I could turn off the donations, and I am doing so because I there is plenty, more than plenty, above and beyond the goal.<\/p>\n

She also addressed the suspicions that it was a scam and promised to not withdraw any funds until the matter is cleared up.<\/p>\n

‘On a sadder note, the world is filled with hate and fear, as such I want to work to remove any doubt about the authenticity of the letter.<\/p>\n

‘Until then I am not taking a dime out of this account.<\/p>\n

‘Please carry on with flooding the world with rainbows and joy, be relentlessly generous, be relentlessly compassionate, be relentlessly vibrant and stay relentlessly gay<\/a>.’<\/p>\n

The post Woman who received $43,000 for her ‘relentlessly gay’ yard accused of being a hoax<\/a> appeared first on Gay Star News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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