On Oct. 19, Dorr, 63, posted a half-hour long Facebook Live video that showed him tossing four books he had checked out from the Orange City Public Library two weeks earlier into a burning barrel. Dorr, director of Ocheyedan-based group Rescue the Perishing, said he was protesting a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning celebration in Orange City, the introduction of sexual education into the public schools and some local churches' reluctance to denounce homosexuality.

"Orange City Library, you won't be peddling this one anymore," Dorr said in the video as he threw one of the books into the fire. "You should all be ashamed of yourselves and repent."

Dorr had unsuccessfully sought a dismissal of his case, arguing that he had been singled out for prosecution while others hadn't been prosecuted for similar conduct. Dorr also said Sioux County Attorney Thomas Kunstle was prosecuting him only because of the message Dorr was trying to send.

Iowa anti-gay, religious activist burns LGBTQ library books in protest of OC Pride festival ORANGE CITY, Iowa -- The leader of a northwest Iowa pro-life, anti-homosexuality group on Friday made a Facebook Live video in which he burned…

Mazurek denied Dorr's motion, saying he was being prosecuted because he had destroyed library property.