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Crowd Chases Anti-Gay Preachers out of the Castro

Saturday, November 15, 2008

From Daily Kos:

by PaulinSF (w/video link):

Sat Nov 15, 2008
“The group of a dozen or so young street preachers who have been making a habit of preaching the joys of salvation from a street corner in the heart of San Francisco’s Castro district for months had a rude shock last night.After having their right to marry stripped away from them by Prop 8, the Friday night crowd was in no mood to have bigotry preached to them from the middle of their own neighborhood.  A large crowd of Castro residents and visitors gathered to demand that the Christian group leave.  Every available police car in the district and some from outside of it were dispatched to deal with the resulting melee. It took a squad of 15 or 20 police officers with batons at the ready to escort the group of preachers several blocks to their cars, while the crowd dogged their heels every step of the way, chanting “Bigots out of our neighborhood” and “Don’t come back”.

Check out the video HERE (raw footage).  It is well worth the watch.”

An edited version with news commentary here.
Another article on the same event here.

The gays are pissed.  Kicking us when we’re down wasn’t the smartest decision these preachers made. Coming into our own neighborhood to do so was insane. Watching this video, it’s easy to wonder if we’re on the verge of another Stonewall.

3 Comments »

Comment by steven patterson

November 15, 2008 @ 6:41 am

Hey, boyo. John & I are hoping to take some time off from home-building today to drive up to Albany for the protest there. Pouring rain at the moment – hope the weather’s better out there.

Comment by dogpoet

November 15, 2008 @ 5:42 pm

Perfect weather here. If there is a God, He totally wants to hang with us.

Comment by RAJA

November 16, 2008 @ 11:30 am


WE HAD OUR PROTEST IN FRONT OF THE STATE BUILDING IN THE SLEEPY TOWN OF WAILUKU, MAUI. ABOUT 40 PEOPLE SHOWED UP (WHICH IS GOOD FOR ON ISLAND AND A LAST MINUTE ORGANIZATION) WE PROTEST AGAIN ON JAN. 10TH. THIS ONE WILL BE A LIL MORE ORGANIZED. THE RESPONSE WAS REALLY POSITIVE WITH A MIXTURE OF POLITICALLY UNCONSCIOUS PASSER BYE’S. NO VIOLENCE…
WISH I WAS IN THE CITY TO FEEL THE POWER.
MY BLOG IS ON MY MYSPACE…
myspace.com/freekyt1k1
LUV N’ ALOHA FROM MAUI, HAWAII MY BRUTHA…
RAJA

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