Anger erupts in the Castro!

the last eruption i had in castro wasn't my anger.

I wish you could here me laughing. And no doubt I will get a thousand e-mails for this one. But for a group so dead set against hate, that sure was a hateful thing to do. In order to be loved, you must first be loveable. Wow, can you spell intolerance, I know you can.

If you read the account of what really happened http://www.jhopsf.org/ and watch the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrRxFoBSPng&feature=related it is hard for me to believe that the Christians were the ones doing the "hating" in this situation.

Not OK for Christians to be in the Gays' territory, but perfectly alright for the Gays to invade the Christians' territory (protesting at temples and churches), right?

Xtians are so obnoxious I don't blame anyone from chasing them out of their neighborhood. I only wish more Americans had the courage and wisdom to confront the ignorant, the superstitious, the Xtian. It is time to confront Xtians who are spreading hate, fear, and homophobia. Good people must stand up against the religious right.

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Jujubal

Sounds like somebody caught the tiger by the tail...

I think it was time these religious cults get a taste of their own medicine. Sorry, but no matter how you look at it, the LGBT community is getting sick and tired of playing the "nice community" unlike their religious neighbors who feel they have every right to invade people's privacy and civil rights.

I don't support violence and this was not even close to it. As far as intimidation, do you honestly believe that these religious pricks don't practice that? I'm sorry... intimidation or not... the Castro community did the right thing in my opinion here. "No more," is what this meant or looked to me. If I was there, I would have done the same thing.

There is never an excuse for violence and intimidation in these circumstances. These fanatics have a right to be a**h***s in public. The appropriate response to them on the part of people walking by is to yell them, "You are evil scum," "You are just as bad as Nazis," or "You're hiding behind the cross like the Ku Klux Klan." You can add "F*** Off!" or "Eat s*** and die" if it makes you feel better. However, violence is just stooping down to the totalitarian level that they would enforce if they could ever come to power.

There must be some details missing. A habit on Fridays of this church group making a presence on gay turf where attempts to convert (hopefully nothing like persuasion was used) results in riot gear being taken out of the trunk. Why?

I must be missing the spot where someone said, 'um - no thank you, I like who I am'. Does tolerance get thrown out because it's a gay issue? There simply must be a purpose more sinister that wasn't reported since joyball wants to burn buildings now.

While it is an unsafe practice (please live that helmet law), they are likely thinking beyond the short term. Life and limb to save some lambs. If intimidation and the tactics suited in anger are allowed to go unchecked, what does the Castro gain?

RIGHT ON JUBAL . A COMPLETE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. CHURCH EQUALS CORPORATION.GO CONDOMS.

These people are no longer doing religious work they are doing political work.

I say it is time to tax churches that are really fronts for political action. No more tax breaks for political churches.

I'm not an atheist, but I am with krush on this.....I don't want anyone telling me what I need to or should believe. Not the government, and not organized religion. I left buildings and organized religion for just that reason. People have to figure out the meanings of their own lives - they can't be forced.

The "Church" pushes it's beliefs too fucking far! This world wide attempt to convert everything is killing us. Their efforts wiped out most of the Native Americans religious beliefs, they burned countless amounts of knowledge when they found the Mayan's. Now they are trying to get the gays to be straight?!? Just Leave people the fuck alone, stop trying to "save" all of us. I like being a dirty pot smoking atheist.

seenblasting -- Thanks, but the sobering smell of coffee brewing is back! Having become I think too embroiled in this mess myself because I'm appalled at what erupts, this hurts. I was under the impression in these past two days that the gays bashing (& gay-bashing) was waning. Wrong.

You see, when things appear on _current_ like Prince's opinion, or Elton John's, or 'lets all boycott Utah', it seems the progression from substantive stuff to a mindless non sequitur would give one hope that calm is coming back. Ah well.