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Whats going on in America today i thought it was a place to be free, But from the looks of it i dont see it.They call us lesibans dykes fags and gays. We dont do anything people, we give people the same respecct that we want back but we dont recivice it because the things they say that we do. We all are people, dont we all cry tears dont we all feel pain. We are all equal in our eyes but just because we like the same sex we cant be apart of it. they push us to the outside like we are dog shit. We are treated like shit we have no rights. But they say people are just people all the same just a diffrent colors well what color are we. because in our eyes it look like we can been seen. People shoudent judge us just because, you dont knwo what we have been through in our lives to get to this point but i never take the time out to get to know us what are u scared that we are going to try and trun you out.Gay bashing with impunity at ‘sanctity of marriage’ rally
By Jasmine Armour
Asheville, North Carolina, Mar. 10 (AGR)— On Saturday, Mar. 6, at Asheville City Council Plaza, 11 arrests were made in the span of five minutes at the “Rally for family values and the sanctity of the marriage union between a man and woman.” Organizers for the event held a “general admission” permit.The rally, organized by Brad Jones and other members of the Swannanoa Valley Independent Missionary Baptist Church, brought out not only those in support of a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, but also those in support of equal rights for gays -– all 11 arrestees came from the latter group.
There were roughly 400-500 people in City Council Plaza gathered Saturday, with about half for and half against the idea of gay marriage.
The Asheville Police Department (APD) had the aid of the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Department in making the arrests. Many of the arrestees and eyewitnesses felt there was a use of excessive force and profiling by the APD. “I was targetted, specifically grabbed…I walked up, and within five minutes I was arrested,” said Steven Goff of his arrest.
Neal Richie, who ended up with a badly bruised and swollen face as a result of the force used by officers during his arrest said, “There’s a great deal of legal contradiction within being charged with trespassing in a public space…and have my face be all fucked up.” One of the other people arrested and charged with trespassing, also sustained documented injuries.
At approximately 11am the APD had most of the perimeter of City Council Plaza surrounded, and began pointing at the “queer kiss-in” which consisted of acts like spin-the-bottle, people in drag, and a festive, merry-making mood. At 11:08am a line of Asheville police officers formed what the city’s public information officer, Lauren Bradley called a “…safety buffer with a line of officers between the attendees of the permitted event and the counter-protesters in an effort to maintain the public safety of all those present.”
At this point, the APD began telling gay rights advocates to stay behind the “safety buffer” and not intermingle with the anti-gay marriage rally. The crowd, while still in good spirits, was staying behind the buffer when at 11:20 am the Sheriff’s department made their arrival, complete with flack jackets, a forensics officer, plastic handcuffs and fatigues. At this point, there were still no arrests made, contrary to Bradley’s later statement that the sheriffs were not sent in until after the first arrests had been made.
A moment later, interim police chief Ross Robinson took the stage to announce that the police would give orders to the crowd, and for the crowd to comply with those orders. None of the arrestees said they heard the announcement, as they were too far removed from the stage.
Josh Ferguson, one of the people arrested, said this of the crowd in response to police orders: “Everything they told us to do directly, we responded to do…they told us to put our signs down…we rolled up the banner we had, we lowered our signs…”
Once barricaded off by a line of police, the gay rights crowd began to chant, “We’re here! We’re queer! And we won’t disppear!”
The first person arrested was Peter Reed, one of the people holding the banner, who helped to roll it up. When he repeatedly asked surrounding officers what Robinson was saying from the stage, he was grabbed from the line of people, thrown to the ground, and arrested. In roughly the same two and a half minute period as the first arrest, two others being made.
One of those arrests was Willy Rosencrans who said, “I asked Mike Lamb, the officer who arrested me, what legal basis he had to tell us to leave the area, since we were on public property. He said, ‘Well they paid for a permit, so that makes it private property.’ ”
The next eight arrests after that were hectic and mostly violent, as police herded a compliant crowd out of the area. They included Neal Richie, Josh Ferguson, Finn Finneran, Steven Goff, and Shawn Castell.
In describing the events that led up to his arrest, Richie said, “I was not told to leave. I was asked to back up.” At the same time, Ferguson was also being arrested and said, “They told us to move back towards the edge of the plaza…and we were moving backward, and then they started arresting people”
During his arrest Sean Castell suffered the loss of his pet rat he had for the past six months.
“The whole time the cop was just screaming in my ear…he had his knee in my back,” Castell said, “I could see my rat laying on the ground…it looked like his back had been broken…I have not been able to find my rat since.” Castell said he had asked multiple officers about his pet and was laughed at.
“What I don’t understand is how it can be proved that any of us weren’t there for the rally. I was there for the rally, but the difference between me and the people who applied for the permit is that we were expressing different opinions,” said Finneran, who was arrested only moments after his arrival to the event, “I can’t see my arrest as anything less than a violation of my first amendment rights.”
Those in attendance for the “sanctity of marriage” rally seemed oblivious to the series of violent arrests taking place. They mostly stood, prayed, and sometimes cheered throughout the entirety of the rally. Few at the ant-gay marriage event were willing to give statements about what had brought them out the to rally. Lewis Bartlett, Pastor at Swannanoa Missionary Baptist Church said, “The love that god put in my heart for my family, my country, and those that don’t know Jesus,” had brought him out that day.
The anti-gay marriage rally was one of many events that have occured nationwide in the ongoing debate on same-sex marriage. While President Bush is vowing to ratify a prosposed constitutional amendment, defining marriage as the union between a man and a woman.
Cities across the country, including San Fransico, have been issuing marriage licenses to gay couples. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court of Massachusetts declared a state law banning same-sex marriage unconstitutional.
Brad Jones, who emceed and organized the anti-gay rally had this to say about the same-sex marriage issue, “You either agree or disagree, there is no middle ground,” before he made the announcement that people could pick up “good luck rocks” to keep with them as they left.
Jones also made sure to thank the APD and Buncombe County Sheriff’s Department and said, “…they conducted themselves in a very honorable manner…thank them for protecting us.”
Call for footage:
This is a call for any footage of the rally on March 6. We particularly need photos or video evidencing the event before the seperation of the two groups. Call 828-713-2826 or email citycounty11@ziplip.com
gay bashing why would you do somthing like dat would you like one of us to run up on yo and beat yo ass because you are stright no i really dont think so. so why be stupid and do it to us. they kill us because we are a little diffrent
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
We are all tempted to view homosexuals as the enemy, especially in the current climate of gay marriage running wild. Don’t get suckered into this error.
We battle against demonic principalities and powers, the unseen forces of spiritual darkness who target the men and women God loves, seeking their destruction.
All this media exposure brings unrighteousness out of hiding. The Lord has dropped His plumb line. All that is not in right standing with God is becoming visible.
Don’t let fear get you stirred up. Pray for the healing of our land, and the harvest Jesus promised at the end of the age. Those steeped in sin today will be our brothers and sisters tomorrow.
He is …able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think…
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help us please why do u people act this way we want our rights
