[Mrs. Don-o]

I assisted at Mass at St. Patrick's in NYC on a weekday in May 1988 and saw the homosexual activists aggressively harassing the worshipers on the sidewalks outside, while the cops stood by. The only people they ordered to "disperse" were the Catholics standing on the steps, who were afraid to run the gauntlet through the ranks of howling gay demonstrators. I was told they did this regularly.

They had an "official" Act-UP day of aggression in Dec 1989 in which 4,000+ demonstratd outside, chanting, banging on drums and pelting worshippers entering the church with condoms; while 100 did the same inside; some desecrated hosts. There were arrests. Nobody went to jail. I don't know much more about it than that.

[Steely Tom]

Thanks for the reminders. Your memory is very good.

[miss marmelstein]

Interesting story. I remember this atrocity as if it was yesterday. My one contact with Act Up was in the lobby of the Ford Foundation - the left wing think tank and one of the prettiest buildings in the city. For whatever reason, Ford ran afoul of Act Up so when they entered, they didn’t have access to the executive suite, so they descended upon the receptionist, tore her phone out, ripped up her day book and screamed bloody curses at her. One of the worst things I’ve seen outside of a film of a Bund meeting.

Hope all is well with you, dear Miz D.