Another attack

This is frightening…

Another very large group of gay activists (not the radical group “Bash Back” this time) assaulted a group of Christians who were doing some street evangelism in the Castro district in San Fancisco.  Now I’ve seen the local gay community organize many protests and parades here in Florida, and they seem to think that nobody has any right to prevent their gathering and protesting/advocating.  And then something like this happens…watch the video footage (NOTE: there is strong language in the video):

So this is the action from those advocating “tolerance”?  The Christians here were definitely doing something risky, but they should not have been attacked for exercising the same right that the gays have been exercising excessively for quite a while now.  I know there are people out there saying “well this isn’t how all the gays feel”, but I have a feeling that we’re going to be seeing this more and more frequently until something truly horrific happens (and considering the generally passive nature of many Christians, I’m fearing that a group of gay activists are going to either severely beat or kill a group of Christians).  What kind of society is this, where people who stand for “tolerance” are rioting and attacking those who differ in opinion?  It is clear that by “tolerance”, they really mean “agree with us or shut up”.

Here is the testimony of one of the Christians in the group (this can be found in the description of the video on YouTube):

“I went to the Castro (the homosexual district of San Francisco) like we usually do on Friday nights.

Normally, we sit on 18th and Castro, and someone plays the guitar, and we all worship God.

Sometimes a person will yell at us, or maybe a few. Sometimes people will ignore us. Sometimes people will let us pray with them.

This time was not a normal night. It was the first time we’d been back in the Castro to do our normal outreach since California Proposition 8, which defined marriage as “one man with one woman” was passed. We played the guitar and sang together and worshiped the Lord. After just singing and worshiping God for a while, Roger decided that we should all hold hands in a circle and continue singing. So we did.

Someone (Actually a person who came up and hugged and kissed some of us who he knew from the past) convinced some people that we were there to protest against the no on 8 campaign.

Then some guy who was dressed up like one of the sisters (The sisters of perpetual indulgence is a group of men who dress up like nuns and call themselves the spiritual authority of the Castro.) took a curtain-type thing (Which I think they use to curse people) and wrapped it around us.

Then a crowd started gathering. We began to sing “Amazing Grace”, and basically sang that song the whole night. (At some points we also sang “Nothing but the Blood of Jesus” and “Oh the Blood of Jesus”.) At first, they just shouted at us, using crude, rude, and foul language and calling us names like “haters” and “bigots”. Since it was a long night, I can’t even begin to remember all of the things that were shouted and/or chanted at us. Then, they started throwing hot coffee, soda and alcohol on us and spitting (and maybe even peeing) on us. Then, a group of guys surrounded us with whistles, and blasted them inches away from our ears continually. Then, they started getting violent and started shoving us. At one point a man tried to steal one of our Bibles. Chrisdene noticed, so she walked up to him and said “Hey, that’s not yours, can you please give it back?”. He responded by hitting her on the head with the Bible, shoving her to the ground, and kicking her. I called the cops, and when they got there, they pulled her out of the circle and asked her if she wanted to press charges. She said “No, tell him I forgive him.” Afterwards, she didn’t rejoin us in the circle, but she made friends with one of the people in the crowd, and really connected heart to heart. Roger got death threats. As the leader of our group, people looked him in the eyes and said “I am going to kill you.”, and they were serious. A cop heard one of them, and confronted him. (This part is kinda graphic, so you should skip the paragraph if you don’t want to be offended.) It wasn’t long before the violence turned to perversion. They were touching and grabbing me, and trying to shove things in my butt, and even trying to take off my pants - basically trying to molest me. I used one hand to hold my pants up, while I used the other arm to hold one of the girls. The guys huddled around all the girls, and protected them. Soon after, the cops came and stood between us and the mob. When it was getting more heated, the cops were like “You guys should leave.” and Roger said “We want to stay.” Someone tried to steal my backpack, but I tapped a cop on the shoulder, and said “Hey, that’s my bag.” and he got it from him and gave it to me. Others weren’t so lucky. Probably half our team got their jackets stolen. Eventually, as the crowd was getting more and more uncontrollable, the cops were afraid for our lives, so they escorted us to our van. (The cops were very nice to us from start to finish.) Our van was parked pretty far because it was hard to find parking that day. As the cops escorted us, the mob followed us, until the cops formed a line, and held off the people so we could drive away. We took the long way home, just in case anyone tried to follow us. When we got home, we prayed and sang more, and then prayed over each-other. Please know my heart. All of what we do is for the Love of Jesus Christ, and the love for those in the Castro. The Bible says to love God, and then love people. We can only love because He loved us first. We can’t hate the people because they are just broken and blinded by the spirit of this age. Our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against Principalities and Powers. It’s not a political thing, we just love the people. This is the raw footage of the walk from 18th and Castro Street to our car. It was only the very tail end of the night and says that we were all about prop8… when in reality we had nothing to do with prop 8 this night.:”

And here is a comment that I think sums up the hatred of Christians fairly well:

“im not gay but man i ****ing hate christians…ive been to christian school and you ****ers are the reason the world is collapsing on itself.**** you christians…way to have an open mind…do society a favor and ****ing DIEEEEE.” (censoring mine)

Isn’t it amazing that the Christians are hated so ferociously?  The scary thing is, the comment above sounds what a nazi probably sounded like when refering to the Jews…and that is why I fear that the gay activists will get more militant and continue these attacks until Christians start getting killed.  I’m hoping that things chill out before it gets to that point, but things are happening very quickly.  Furthermore, Christians are steadfast in their conviction (in general) and faith, and the gay community is also firmly rooted in their beliefs…and since Christians typically avoid attacking other people physically, it is only obvious to assume that the gay activists (who clearly have no hesitancy in using force against law-abiding citizens) will eventually attack any Christians who would have the audacity to question their lifestyle.

I pray that I never have to deal with a situation like this.