Theft of suburban family's gay pride flag leads to heartening outcome — a neighborhood of rainbows
Casey Handal was hosting a gingerbread decorating party at her Barrington, Ill., home earlier this month when she glanced out her window and noticed something unnerving: The rainbow pride flag she and her fiancee flew from their backyard flagpole was gone, replaced by the Stars and Stripes.
Though Handal considers herself a proud American, she saw the uninvited flag swap as a hostile gesture aimed at the only openly gay couple in the neighborhood.
"I think the message was quite clear," she said. "It was sort of the intolerant view
