About 60 arrested at Bulgaria's first gay parade

[struggle4progress]

Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:05pm EDT

By Anna Mudeva

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian riot police detained about 60 far-right extremists on Saturday who threw a petrol bomb and tried to break up the country's first gay parade.

Some 100 gay activists marched across the capital Sofia to protest against discrimination in this generally conservative nation that is often hostile to homosexuality -- an attitude seen in many eastern European countries.

One militant protester threw a petrol bomb near the marchers, while others hurled eggs and some carried clubs, police and a Reuters eyewitness said ...

Religious and far-right groups as well as some political parties in the Black Sea country of 7.6 million had wanted the parade banned ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL2858989620080628

[msongs]

1. gotta love those christians who never read what mythical jesus stood for nt

[Mojambo]

2. I would really like to organzie a Straight Shame parade.

Where a bunch of straight people who are ashamed of the way other straight people condemn gays could march.