Serb police clash with anti-gay rioters

[Meeker Morgan]

Serb police clash with anti-gay rioters (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20101010/D9IOVFC80.html

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Serbian riot police fought running battles Sunday with thousands of far-right supporters who hurled Molotov cocktails and stun grenades to try disrupt a gay pride march in downtown Belgrade. More than 140 people were hurt and more than 200 were arrested, officials said.

Thousands of police officers sealed off the streets in the capital where the march took place, repeatedly clashing at several locations with rioters who tried to burst through security cordons.

Several parked cars were set on fire or damaged, shop windows were broken, garbage containers were overturned and streets signs destroyed. Several shops were looted before police restored peace late afternoon.

The anti-gay rioters also fired shots and threw Molotov cocktails at the headquarters of the ruling pro-Western Democratic Party, setting the building's garage on fire. The state TV building and the headquarters of other political parties were also attacked, with many windows shattered by stones.

Protesters chanting "death to homosexuals!" hurled bricks, stones, glass bottles and stun grenades at riot police. Police responded by firing tear gas and deploying armored vehicles to disperse the protesters, who remained in the heart of the capital even after the brief pride march ended.

Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said police estimated that 6,000 rioters faced 5,600 policemen. He praised the police "for preventing even more serious bloodshed."

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A civilization-wide struggle.

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1. more great behavior from the religious crowd nt

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2. Which is worse in god's eyes?

Violence towards fellow humans, or a little bit of love?

I was always taught that violence was by far the worst response to anything because it diminishes your own argument. If you are not capable of winning rationally, you have to resort to irrational means.

I've never understood the hatred towards us as Gays and Lesbians, especially when apparently so many harbor same-sex feelings that they cannot reconcile in any other way than by ridiculing, bullying, hurting and killing their nemeses.

I'm proud the Serbian Police protected the marchers. Now we need people with the courage to stand up to the churches throughout the world where so much hatred seems to be fomented.