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Four charged in attack on anti-gay marriage group (Update)(Warwick, RI)
ProJo.com ^ | 07/31/2009 | Kate Bramson

Posted on 07/31/2009 9:05:32 AM PDT by Pyro7480

The weapons included mayonnaise, ketchup and salsa –– but also pepper spray, a glass jar and fists.

A difference of opinion over gay marriage sparked the incident, and emotions escalated quickly. Punches were thrown.

A small group of men visiting Rhode Island this week urging people to support traditional marriage called the police.

Offended by the men’s message, four young women now face charges of assault or battery and disorderly conduct. The youngest, 17, also faces a more serious charge — felony assault with a dangerous substance....

...The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property –– traveled to Rhode Island this week to share its views. The men picked the only New England state that does not allow gay marriage because they believe their view of marriage is threatened here....

...Rex Teodosio, a group member, told the police the women “made a beeline to us, shouting at us with bottles in their hands.”

Group member Jose Ferraz Jr., 20, said...he doesn’t even know what was thrown first...Three of the men were sprayed with Mace or pepper spray....

Amanda L. Zangrilli, 23, of West Warwick, said she and her girlfriend had seen the men in the same spot for a few days, and had “every intention” of bringing opposing signs of their own.

Then, Tuesday afternoon, Zangrilli said, she and her girlfriend, Kristen A. Scungio, 19, also of West Warwick, saw the men again....

The two drove to a friend’s house, gathered whatever they could get their hands on and returned with the friend....

On Thursday, the police arrested Zangrilli; Scungio; Melissa Migliaccio, 22, of...Cranston, the passerby; and a 17-year-old from Warwick.

“I feel immature,” Scungio said Thursday. “… We obviously shouldn’t have gone up to them at all, because none of this would have happened.”

(Excerpt) Read more at projo.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Rhode Island
KEYWORDS: assault; catholic; homosexual; homosexualaenda; marriage; rhodeisland
You should see the viewer comments on the previous stories and on the homosexual-friendly blogs. Way too many are trying to justify this attack.
1 posted on 07/31/2009 9:05:32 AM PDT by Pyro7480
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To: Pyro7480

can you verify/correct link


2 posted on 07/31/2009 9:08:52 AM PDT by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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I think Projo.com might be down or something. I pulled it off the Google cache at Google Cache
4 posted on 07/31/2009 9:13:10 AM PDT by Pyro7480 ("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
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Sounds like women who enjoy wearing comfortable shoes and listening to the Indigo Girls.


5 posted on 07/31/2009 9:15:11 AM PDT by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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yeah...Projo.com has been down all morning.

Great example of both Liberal Tolerance and ignorant, indoctrinated youth.

The only thing they could think of to express themselves was to throw stuff...brilliant

6 posted on 07/31/2009 9:17:04 AM PDT by NMEwithin
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I guarantee you that the American TFP folks did nothing to physically provoke this attack and were probably fairly stoic in the face of it. They are excellent Catholic men from all accounts, and are totally uncowed by this kind of stuff.


7 posted on 07/31/2009 9:18:11 AM PDT by Antoninus (I hereby pledge not to allow media whores to pick the GOP candidate in 2012.)
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'I feel immature'

The shoe fits; wear it b*tch.

8 posted on 07/31/2009 9:23:00 AM PDT by gedeon3
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To: Clemenza
Two of the perps, via Google search and Facebook. They have this same photo on their profile:


9 posted on 07/31/2009 9:25:19 AM PDT by Pyro7480 ("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
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