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The Community Newspaper For Gay T Lesbian Dallas
Gay protesters arrested outside SBC
Soulforce action 'one of the more congenial protests/ according to sheriff's department spokesman
From Staff and Wire Reports
A group of 27 gay and lesbian demonstrators was arrested
Wednesday outside the Orange County Convention Center as the group
protested the Southern Baptist Convention's denunciation of homosex-
uality as immoral, according to a report this week in The Sentinel.
Another four people, members of People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals, also were taken into custody, including a man dressed in a yel-
low-feathered chicken costume and another dressed in Jesus-style
robes.
The arrests of members of the pro-gay group, known as Soulforce,
were expected. They followed the arrests of nearly 200 Soulforce mem-
bers and other gays rights supporters last month during protests both
outside and inside the United Methodist Church's General Conference
in Cleveland.
The protests there were held to denounce the United Methodist
Church's refusal to liberalize its stance on gay issues.
Organizers of this week's protest met May 31 with officials of the
Orange County Sheriff's Office to explain their plans for nonviolent
civil disobedience.
"The arrests were just to make a statement," sheriff's spokesman Jim
Solomons said. "It was one of the more congenial protests that I've ever
been involved in."
The protesters, some of whom were patted down, were charged with
unlawful assembly, a misdemeanor, and bail was set at $500. By late
afternoon Wednesday, about five had posted bail. Soulforce leader Rev.
Dr. Mel White said the other 22 stayed in jail overnight, before their in
See PROTEST on Page 24
Retired Southern Baptist pastor Ed Harris of Salem, Va., right,
was among those arrested during protests outside the
Southern Baptist Convention in Orlando this week. Rev. Harris
is openly gay.
Man faces charges in attack at pride parade
Eldery suspect denies trying to run over anyone or shouting insults at people attending Albuquerque event
By Jeff Jones
Associated Press
An elderly Albuquerque man is facing felony
charges after he allegedly drove a van toward
people at a gay pride parade last weekend, called
them "[expletive] faggots" and struck one of
them with the vehicle.
But the suspect, 71-year-old David Tully, said
in a brief telephone interview on Monday that he
wasn't trying to run anyone Over and didn't yell
insults at anyone.
The man Tully is suspected of striking in the
leg was reportedly not hurt. And Tully, who was
released from jail Sunday after posting a $22,500
jail bond, now faces four charges of aggravated
assault with a deadly weapon and a single
charge of aggravated battery with a deadly
weapon.
More than 1,000 people marched up Central
Avenue from Nob Hill to the State Fairgrounds
last Saturday in the 24th annual gay pride
parade. The march started at noon, said Pat
Baillie, co-president of Albuquerque Pride,
which organized the event. She said the incident
involving Tully took place about 45 minutes
later.
Baillie said it*s not uncommon for people to
shout insults at the marchers. But she said what
happened Saturday is the first of its kind in the
event.
"No one got hurt — that is, physically hurt,"
added Jean Genasri, a past national vice presi-
dent of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians
and Gays, who also was at the parade.
But she said such incidents "put fear in peo-
ple's hearts."
A criminal complaint filed against Tully in
Metropolitan Court said Albuquerque Police
Department Sgt. Paul Heh was working at the
parade when he saw a white van "going after
the people in the parade at Central and Monroe."
"Sergeant Heh stated he sounded his siren,
but the driver did not stop," the complaint said.
"Sergeant Heh stated he saw the van [back up]
and then go towards the people on the side-
walk."
The sergeant yelled at Tully to stop and "had
to reach into the van and put it into park to stop
the van," the complaint alleges.
One witness reported he had to "jump out of
the way to avoid being hit,"the complaint said.
Another man was allegedly struck on the right
leg and several witnesses accused the driver of
using foul, insulting language.
But Tully said he didn't yell insults at anyone.
"I was the one who got shouted and
screamed at. I was minding my own business,
crossing the road .... I'm not an idiot. I'm 71
years old. This is the first time I've been arrested
in my life. I'm not very happy about it," Tully
said. V
INTERVIEW
With his new novel, The
Married Man, former
Dallasite Edmund White
draws on his affair with
a young French
architect who died of
AIDS in 1994.
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SCREEN
Q Cinema artistic direc-
tor Todd Camp brings in
hot-ticket queer-interest
flicks like But I'm a
Cheerleader to Fort
Worth's annual gay and
lesbian film festival.
MUSIC
Irish pop star Sinead
O'Connor announces
her newfound lesbian-
ism upon the release of
her new album. But is
her sexual identity just
another publicity stunt?
STAGE
Openly gay actor Jaston
Williams reflects on 19
successful years of the
stage phenomenon
Greater Tuna as Bed,
White and Tuna heads
to Bass Hall.
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