Just like many other zeitgeist-fearing cities, Hamilton is showing its support of all things LGBT by sporting several rainbow crosswalks on its streets to act as “a symbol of inclusiveness among the LGBTQ community.”

One of them has black skid marks on it, leading the suspicious to conclude that there has been a heinous act of vandalism: after all, cars should be screeching to a halt before reaching a crossing of many colours, not while on it. Unless you have deliberately hit someone and are accelerating to escape, an act only slightly less hateful than defacing these multicoloured emblems of love, peace and harmony.

We will probably never know who is vandalising these prismatic bridges of diversity and tolerance but at least we can rule out all Anglican clergy, who would rather bear the pain of reciting the Nicene Creed without crossing their fingers than put a black mark on a rainbow.

From here:

Debate among city staff as to whether the marks were made deliberately, says Mayor Fred Eisenberger.

Black tire streaks on Hamilton’s new rainbow Pride crosswalk in front of city hall are causing some concern they were deliberately made by a driver spinning tires to vandalize the LGBTQ flag symbol.

Mayor Fred Eisenberger said there is some debate among staff as to whether the marks were made on purpose or are a normal occurrence of rubber wearing off tires on hot pavement in the dead of summer.

“I’m suspicious,” he said. “Just the way it (the marking) sits there. It’s odd that it’s just before and after the crosswalk (and into the crossing).”