Police escort Christians out of Castro (San Francisco: November 14, 2008) [View All]

[Duncan Grant]

I was reading the on-line version of a local gay paper and found this article. It's a provocative story and well worth the read. :hi:

Police escort Christians out of Castro

About 13 Christian young people who had gone to 18th and Castro streets Friday night, November 14, had to be escorted out of the neighborhood by police after dozens of angry people confronted and surrounded them.

The Castro has been a gathering spot over the past couple of weekends for people rallying against the passage of Proposition 8, but there apparently hadn't been any large protests in the neighborhood that night.

Missy Huff, a 21-year-old with Promised Land Fellowship, said she and about 13 other young people gathered at the intersection to play guitar, sing, and worship, something she said they've done at other times over the past three years.

Huff said they were singing "Amazing Grace" and "Oh, the Blood of Jesus" and hadn't said anything when two men – one whom she took to be a member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence – approached them and "started getting pretty upset."

More at: The Bay Area Reporter Online