Wston Salem, North Carola Gay Bars Lbian Clubs - Maps, Lks, Drivg Directns
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- EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS WSTON-SALEM
- NORTH CAROLA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS WSTON-SALEM
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Cheryl Hopks, a -chairwoman of the para and s associated events, wrote a June 7th, 1996 article for the Wston-Salem Journal that one of the reasons for holdg the paras is to “raise awarens wh the muny and beg a dialogue on gay issu[3]. The para was heavily advertised the North Carola gay publitn The Front Page. In Cheryl Hopks’ article, “Celebrate: Gay ftival offers full menu of events[3], ” she refers to the negative ments about the para, sayg “we are not really surprised at the vehement opposn of some of [them].
” The most vol opposn to the para me om a group of church lled “Church for Christian Fay Valu, ” who took out a full page ad on June 7th, 1996 to nounce the para and homosexualy general. In one le, they nounce homosexualy as a “social malignancy which preced the fall of natns (Greece/Rome, etc. )[7], ” and quot the vers of the Bible which nmn homosexualy.
An article News and Rerd[9] timated that 12, 000 people marched opposn of homosexualy, 2, 000 more than who marched the pri para. The same article mentned that May a lol alrman, Robert Nordlanr, tried to pass a rolutn nouncg homosexualy at a board of alrmen meetg. The Wilmgton Morng Star, a Wilmgton-based newspaper, said Nordlanr’s rolutn was aimed at the pri para and homosexuals general, spe a recent Supreme Court lg, Romer v Evans, which said stat nnot ban bills which aim to protect homosexuals om discrimatn.
NORTH CAROLA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
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Before anizg the 2011 pri para, they raised money by hostg “Gay Bgo” nights downtown.
In an article for the Wston-Salem Journal[11], Monte Mchell wr that many gay-affirmg church had booths set up the vendor area, ntrastg the group of church who took out the anti-pri ad 1996.
Donald Patterson "Gay Pri march puts issu out open, " News and Rerd, June 6, 1997. Cheryl Hopks, "Celebrate: Gay para offers full menu of events, " Wston-Salem Journal, June 7, 1996, D1. Rich McKay, "Marchers Prott Homosexualy, " News and Rerd, July 1, 1996.