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| Mob attacks gay pride marchers, throwing human excrement |
| 2006-07-28 |
| Latvia Pride a disaster BANNED MARCH CHANGED VENUES, BUT ANTI-GAY MOB TRASHED PARTICIPANTS, THROWING HUMAN EXCREMENT The second effort to stage a gay pride parade in Riga, Latvia, was an unmitigated disaster July 22. The City Council and a court banned the parade, claiming police wouldn't be able to protect marchers from marauding homophobic mobs. So, activists instead staged a religious service at a church and meetings at a hotel. But the homophobes were not deterred by the change in plans. Scores of anti-gay protesters gathered outside the Anglican church and flung human excrement, eggs and rotten food at gays and lesbians as they left the building. "I was hit with a bag full of shit and had to go wash up," said the Rev. Maris Sants. "Protesters threw human excrement on us," said the Rev. Juris Calitis. "I was covered with it from head to foot. It was quite smelly." "Worshippers were pelted with shit and rotten fruit," said British participant Peter Tatchell. "Despite previously requesting police protection, no police were present to protect the congregation." Activist meetings later in the day at the four-star Reval Hotel met a similar fate, attracting hundreds of anti-gay demonstrators. "[We were] under siege all day by protesters from the antigay 'No Pride' movement - a highly organized alliance of Christian fundamentalists, ultra-nationalists and neo-Nazis," said Tatchell. "They roamed the streets outside the hotel looking for gays and lesbians to attack. Anyone who looked gay was liable to abuse and assault, even passing tourists. The police seemed to stand back and let them terrorize people with impunity." |
| Posted by:Chutch Grineger4959 |
| #10 I was hit with a bag full of shit and had to go wash up so ripe for rude jokes |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-07-28 17:14 |
| #9 "I was hit with a bag full of shit and had to go wash up," said the Rev. Maris Sants" Yeah, now you know how your parishioners feel after one of your 'sermons'. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-07-28 13:06 |
| #8 Sounds like the shit really hit the fans. (of deviant behavior) |
| Posted by: pissed-off-texan 2006-07-28 12:57 |
| #7 "I was hit with a bag full of shit and had to go wash up," said the Rev. Maris Sants. Nice language, there "Rev." Did you get your title at the Je$$e Jackson School of Titles? I imagine that God's laughing at this one Himself. Tried to "hole up" in His Church and then you get crap flung at ya? Not to hard to imagine why. Count me in the camp of "homophobes," although I disagree with the term, because I'm not irrationally scared of ya. |
| Posted by: BA 2006-07-28 10:47 |
| #6 The police seemed to stand back |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-07-28 08:25 |
| #5 I was hit with a bag full of shit So it was the collision between two bags full of shit. |
| Posted by: JFM 2006-07-28 08:04 |
| #4 Nice catch, phil_b. |
| Posted by: Raj 2006-07-28 06:42 |
| #3 Peter Tatchell - the name rang a bell. He's a long time lefty gay agitator and a one time Labour MP. It pisses me off when the MSM try to portray these long term agitators as just ordinary participants. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2006-07-28 03:16 |
| #2 But...but...but its their RIGHT to ram it down in your face and up your ass. And it you don't like it and don't accept their lifestyle or disagree with it your obviously 'Homophobic'. "Despite previously requesting police protection, no police were present to protect the congregation." Maybe because the march was BANNED Pete. What do you think? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-07-28 01:04 |
| #1 You know, it doesn't seem like such a tough equation to understand: keep your foul, disgusting habits out of other people's faces and, in return, they won't throw bags of feces, rotten eggs, and other unpleasant things at you. There was an old saying they used to have down in Texas when I was a boy: "Don't start no #### and there won't be no ####!" It's a lot of years later but that still seems like pretty solid advice. |
| Posted by: mac 2006-07-28 00:58 |