A group of wingnut bigots has been picketing Lucille's, a Johnstown gay bar for the past several months. The group's leader, self-styled Anabaptist Preacher Ron McRae, has an illustrious career of hating everyone from Catholics to Mormons to everyone's favorite group, the homos. From the City Paper report, it appears McRae worships at the feet of Fred Phelps.
The pickets began the first weekend in July, and have taken place on Friday or Saturday nights. There have been at least seven so far, and McRae has attended most, along with four to 10 other protesters. McRae did not respond to a request for comment.
?Some of the women [patrons] are very upset ? [picketers] call them hogs,? Schnur says. And the preachers? group has targeted one slim male patron with, ?Hey, skinny boy, do you have AIDS?? he adds. They?ve also brandished a sign reading ?Sodomites, burn in hell.?
Christianity in action, folks - demeaning and slandering people. Good to know Jesus is in their hearts.
The bar's owner, Tom Schnur, has worked with local police and the Human Relations Commission to contain the protestors, carefully trying not to add wind to their sails. Here's hoping boring the protestors will prove fruitful.
