N.C. Gay Conference To Be Held Under Tight Police Security

[struggle4progress]

(Lake Junaluska, North Carolina) A meeting of gay Methodists in western North Carolina over Labor Day weekend has law enforcement officials preparing for protests from conservative groups and the Ku Klux Klan.

Haywood County Sheriff Tom Alexander met with other officers Thursday to plan for the Sept. 2-5 gathering at the Lake Junaluska Assembly of the Reconciling Ministries Network, a Chicago-based group that wants the United Methodist Church opened to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Christians. The conference, called Hearts On Fire, is expected to attract about 500 attendees.

Among those planning to protest the meeting are the Cordele, Ga.-based American White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Asheville Citizen-Times reported Friday. <snip>

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/08/082605methodists.htm

[grumpy old fart]

1. I trust the FBI and Homeland security will be there to video the terrorist

or will it be the newly formed Department of Religion there to keep an eye on the heretic conventioneers?