Sunday, March 18, 2007

Group's 'Hate-Free' meeting turns ugly

I love this one. It does tend to show who the haters are:

"A group devoted to social tolerance has been accused of being intolerant. The finger-pointing came after an altercation occurred at a meeting for the Fremont Alliance for a Hate-Free Community, where a discussion about hate crimes deteriorated into an ugly incident, witnesses said.

While trying to eject 71-year-old Barbara Marques from the monthly gathering Monday, the Rev. Garnet McClure grabbed and shook the chair in which Marques was sitting, attendee Sharon Giottonini said. McClure, a female pastor at Fremont Congregational Church, reacted after Marques said the 2002 slaying of transgender teen Gwen Araujo might not be a hate crime, several witnesses said. A scuffle ensued...

Marques has filed a police report about the altercation, Fremont police Detective Bill Veteran said.

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In good Leftist form, people who disagree with you must be attacked -- not the polite agreement to disagree that we might have expected if the participants really were what they claim to be.