Anonymous defends teen lesbian Kaitlyn Hunt against religious bigotry and intolerance after the 18-year-old Florida high school student was expelled and arrested for engaging in a consensual relationship with another Florida teen: Operation Justice4Kaitlyn engaged .
On Sunday, May 19, Anonymous hacktivists, in solidarity with Kaitlyn Hunt, launched Operation Justice4Kaitlyn ( #OpJustice4Kaitlyn ). Hunt, an 18-year-old high school student from Sebastian, Fla., is currently facing felony charges and has already been expelled from school for having a consensual same-sex relationship with a 15-year-old classmate.
Before her expulsion and arrest Hunt was a highly respected student at Florida’s Sebastian River High School with good grades and participation in cheerleading, basketball and chorus. She was even voted “most school spirit.”
If convicted , Hunt could end up in jail or live under house arrest, and would have to register as a sex offender, and live her life as a convicted felon. Anonymous finds this unacceptable.
In a press release announcing Operation Justice4Kaitlyn ( #OpJustice4Kaitlyn ) Anonymous claims the criminal charges and expulsion reflect religious bigotry and a double standard on the part of the Indian River County State Attorney's Office. The following is an excerpt from that release :
Greetings, Bigots. We are Operation Justice.
This letter is addressed to the Indian River County State Attorney's Office:
You are currently pursuing 2 felony charges against an 18 year old girl by the name of Kaitlyn Hunt.
While in the course of performing your duties we feel that you've lost perspective. Tsk, tsk. The truth is, Kaitlyn Hunt is a bright young girl who was involved in a consensual, same-sex relationship while both she and her partner were minors. She has a big future ahead of her and there are people, thousands of people in fact, that have no intention of allowing you to ruin it with your rotten selective enforcement.
Intolerance has been the curse of this country since it's inception. Frankly, we're sick of it. Specifically, we're sick of paying the salaries of people like you.
There are quite a few organizations in this country that would prefer that our elected officials not hire bigots that hunt down and file erroneous charges against young women because of their sexual orientation. The fact is, the puritanism you practice doesn't have a place in this world any longer.
Signed,
#OpJustice4Kaitlyn
We are Anonymous.
We are Legion.
The corrupt fear us.
The honest support us.
The heroic join us.
Expect Us.
Readers can show their support for Kaitlyn Hunt by signing this petition or donating to her legal fund.
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