No More Mr. Nice Gay? Christians Chased from Castro

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SAN FRANCISCO, Califórnia, EUA, novembro de 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) — Uma multidão agitada de homossexuais atacou física e sexualmente um grupo de cristãos que estava orando no Distrito de Castro da cidade de San Francisco na semana passada, em evidente retaliação pela recente derrota do casamento homossexual na Califórnia.Os cristãos, um grupo de evangélicos que regularmente [...]
Nov
2008
francine commented on this video
By the way, their desire is for people to know Jesus and they have never preached for gays to become straight. At least get your facts straight.
Nov
2008
francine commented on this video
Really, who are the haters, the ones that pour hot coffee, push and kick some harmless people or the ones that are just singing amazing grace? It is a deserving to the gay community to act the way the gays did and instead of bringing people to their side, they will get more people to react against them. The people from this group love gays and minister to them in love. They have never said anything against the gays. On the contray the gays that night used abusive language against the Christians. I know this group - they are fine Christians and no bigots. It was a very distasteful demonstration from the gays.
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Christians in San Francisco were assaulted and were required to have police escorts to be able to walk the streets free of physical harm. It is because voters voted their conscience, which is now defined as bigotry in America.
Nov
2008
Steve commented on this video
Yes, whistles are common in the Castro. Originally used as a way to call for help if being pursued or beaten, whistles are an emergency call to the community to activate and assist. I applaud my neighbors for chasing these hate mongers from our streets. Bigotry is NOT welcome in the Castro - EVER.
rhenderson212 commented on this video
If this was not an organized response, why did so many of them have whistles? Are whistles a common accesory in Castro?
On Friday night, before the day of protest we saw across the nation, a conflict erupted in San Francisco's Castro District between a group of residents and a group of Christians who reportedly meet every Friday on the same corner to preach to gays and lesbians about 'converting' into heterosexuals. This time, they were met by an angry mob and the conflict grew so large riot police were called to the area as the Christians were basically chased out of the neighborhood.KTVU reports: "'Their rights were respected,' said Joe Schmitz, an opponent of Prop 8. 'They got a chance to go ahead and pray on the sidewalk and I had the opportunity to express my freedom of speech which is telling them to get out of my neighborhood.' San Francisco Police officers in riot gear formed a line and escorted the religious group into a van to safely get them out of the area. Members of the gay community insisted that their reaction to the Christian group was spontaneous. 'It was not an organized thing. We're tired of it. It's not religious. It's not a racial thing. It's about hate. We're trying to send a message across the world that we're standing up and we don't want this to go on anymore,' said Adam Quintero."According to Joe.My.God, the religious right is already using the video (which you can see AFTER THE JUMP) as an example of the "intolerance" the gay community has toward the religious. While most of us know the hypocrisy behind that accusation, no doubt their followers eat these kinds of incidents up (just like this one).Watch it, AFTER THE JUMP...

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On Friday night, before the day of protest we saw across the nation, a conflict erupted in San Francisco's Castro District between a group of residents and a group of Christians who reportedly meet every Friday on the same corner to preach to gays and lesbians about 'converting' into heterosexuals. This time, they were met by an angry mob and the conflict grew so large riot police were called to the area as the Christians were basically chased out of the neighborhood. KTVU reports: "'Their rights were respected,' said Joe Schmitz, an opponent of Prop 8. 'They got a chance to go ahead and pray on the sidewalk and I had the opportunity to express my freedom of speech which is telling them to get out of my neighborhood.' San Francisco Police officers in riot gear formed a line and escorted the religious group into a van to safely get them out of the area. Members of the gay community insisted that their reaction to the Christian group was spontaneous. 'It was not an organized thing. We're tired of it. It's not religious. It's not a racial thing. It's about hate. We're trying to send a message across the world that we're standing up and we don't want this to go on anymore,' said Adam Quintero." According to Joe.My.God, the religious right is already using the video (which you can see AFTER THE JUMP) as an example of the "intolerance" the gay community has toward the religious. While most of us know the hypocrisy behind that accusation, no doubt their followers eat these kinds of incidents up (just like this one). Watch it, AFTER THE JUMP...
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