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Not reported below:
SF Mayor Willie Brown issued a public statement saying, "The
VILIFICATION of an IMPORTANT segment of our society [should] be considered a
HATE CRIME ..."
Gays Urged To Renounce Homosexuality
By JORDAN LITE
.c The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Gay activists hissed, booed and screamed Monday as the
Rev. Jerry Falwell lectured via satellite to a group of gays and lesbians
about giving up homosexuality.
One member of ACT UP San Francisco threw a blueberry pie at a member of the
group that organized Falwell's speech from Lynchburg, Va., to about 60 people
in a building in Golden Gate Park.
``Christian bigots out of our city,'' cried Josh Trenter, who was hauled away
by police after allegedly tossing the pie. He and another member of his gay
rights group were cited for battery and released.
``God loves you and so do I,'' Falwell told the audience. ``Just as people
can come out of the closet, so can people choose to come out against a sinful
lifestyle.''
The presentation was designed ``to reach out to the homosexual community in a
spirit of love,'' said Allen Wildmon, a spokesman for the American Family
Association, a conservative Christian group that sponsored the event with
Falwell. Wildmon is the brother of the association's founder, Donald Wildmon.
Michael Johnston, the pie's intended target, said he walked away from
relationships with men after testing positive for HIV in 1986.
``If we really believe what we say we believe, it would be hateful not to
reach out and share the Christian gospel with these people,'' he said. ``If
we really hated them, we would leave them alone and let them go on their
way.''
The speech was chosen to coincide with National Coming Out Day, an annual
event celebrating gay life.
It also came as trial began for one of the men accused of killing gay
University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard. Falwell, whom critics have
blamed for inciting violence against gays, condemned Shepard's killing.
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