Wilson veto sparks protests
(A I’) Cov.
I1 n t c Wilson's
I weekend veto of a
•homosexual righls
bill triggered violent protests hy
thousands of gav activists in
San Francisco on Monday and
filled the streets of Los Angeles
with anti Wilson protesters
The San Francisco demon
stration turned violent Monday
night when some r>,()()() protest
ors converged on two state
buildings in the Civic Center
and began breaking glass win
(lows and doors and spray
painting "Wilson is a Basher"
and "Gay Rights Now" on the
facades.
Angry protesters threw a
burning 11.ig through a broken
window in one of the build
ings.
Police and demonstrators
sprayed one another with
mace. Officers ultimately
doused demonstrators with a
hose from inside the buildings,
hut the Low-pressure spray did
little to push back demonstra
tors.
In Los Angeles, the mood
was equally confrontational
"Wilson is a liar! Kqunl rights
now!" shouted demonstrators
outside the Federal Building in
Los Angelos, condemning
Wilson's veto of legislation to
outlaw job discrimination
against homosexuals.
A second protest outside the
governor's office in downtown
Los Angeles drew about 300
people Monday afternoon
On Monday night, thousands
of protestors gathered in West
Hollywood. They vented their
anger at Wilson's action by
blowing whistles and scream
ing protest chants as they
blocked several streets in the
city known internationally fur
ils large. gay populace
Those protesters poured intti
the streets surrounding the I,os
Angeles (bounty Museum of Art
wliere Wilson w.is meeting
with the Mexico President Ar
turn Salinas do Gortari
In the San Francisco demon
strations, protestors chased
mayoral candidate Frank |or
dan, who was police chief dur
ing a controversial sweep oi a
protest bv ACT t'i’, from the
predominately gav Castro
neighborhood
Several hundred protesters
broke away from the crowd and
forced Jordan out ol the neigh
borhood whore he was pick' d
up by a police car.
Jordan was police chief when
gav protesters alleged the uii
necessary use of fore e to clear a
lUfl!) demonstration in the Cas
tru organized hv the AIDS Goa
1 ition to Unleash Power
"Gay and lesbian people are
not just disappointed, they're
angry Pete Wilson is going to
have hell to [lay,” said Torie
Osborn of the L A Gay & Leshi
an Community Services Center
She said Wilson proved him
self a "liar and a coward" for
vetoing the type uf gay rights
measure he had previously in
dicatod In' would support
In vetoing AB101 on Sunday,
Wilson said it would burden
employers by adding to the
"flood-tide" of litigation which
he called a threat to the state's
economic well-being
The hill’s author. Assembly
man Terry Friedman, D-Sher
man Oaks, called the veto “a
victory for bigotry Ho (Wilson)
has caved in to the right-wing
extremists and the religious
fundamentalist fringe groups "
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