Mark Overstreet

Follow-up on the SF weekender, note the organizations identified as opposing the presence of Christians at their gathering. I want to caution readers that some of the links below may contain offensive or objectionable material on their websites.

Note the youth on the left, praying for the protesters (as should we). This website compares their gestures to a Nazi salute.

From elected officials to other religious non-profits (sheltered by the same protections under the free exercise clause), many San Franciscans are seeking to squelch the liberties that made their city and its eccentricities possible.

“Sister Mary Timothy” of the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” shouts at Christians in SF. (Caution: link contains offensive and objectionable content)

Sign on left says, “Hitler Started with Youth Rallies.”

Tattoo from right arm to left, “Perverted sinner.”

Here, The Mercury News reports, “Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, told counterprotesters that while such fundamentalists may be small in number, ‘they’re loud, they’re obnoxious, they’re disgusting and they should get out of San Francisco.’”

Here, a conservative website has distilled more of the recent opposition:

“The Board of Supervisors of San Francisco, citing the city’s tradition of “tolerance,” issued a statement condemning the rally as an “act of provocation” by the “anti-gay,” “anti-choice” organization. Despite the sold-out venue and the enthusiastic response of the young people, the Board accused the rally of attempting to “negatively influence the politics of America’s most tolerant and progressive city.”

“Tolerance, however, is reserved in San Francisco for those who agree with the sexual revolution and leftist political viewpoint. Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, said Battle Cry’s “intolerance” of sexual promiscuity, pornography, the drug culture and homosexual deviance is “obnoxious” and “disgusting” and should, therefore, not be tolerated. “They should get out of San Francisco,” he said.

“SF Gate, the online Christian news source, quotes an organizer with Not In Our Name, an Oakland-based extreme left anti-war group, saying, “There is a real intolerancy (sic) to homosexuality in a lot of these organizations.”

“On Wednesday last week, the Board of Supervisors issued a similar declaration of official intolerance of Christian and traditional values. The Board said William Cardinal Levada’s instruction that Catholic Charities of San Francisco cease turning children over to homosexuals was “discriminatory and defamatory,” and “insulting.” They called Levada himself a “decidedly unqualified representative of his former home city.”

“Earlier this year, when pro-life San Franciscans held a March for Life attended by thousands, the city again condemned the public expression of opposition to the abortion and euthanasia movement. A pro-life participant in the San Francisco march created a lengthy online photo essay which summarizes the counter-protester’s understanding of freedom of speech: “But who the hell do they think they are, saying that s___ here?”

Here, another website opposes the SF Christian gathering.