Pascal Kaiser, an amateur German soccer referee, proposed to his boyfriend at a soccer game in front of 50,000 spectators. The video went viral online as people celebrated the couple’s happiness.

A week later, three men appeared in front of Kaiser’s home and beat him up.

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Kaiser proposed to his boyfriend, Moritz, at a Wolfsburg-Cologne match on January 30, getting down on one knee and asking Moritz to marry him.

“HE SAID YES,” a post with the video from DW Sports read. “The moment queer football fan Pascal proposed to his boyfriend before a Bundesliga game.”

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