Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Gay Activists Rough Up Senior Citizen



The Senior Citizen who was attacked during a gay activist protest over Prop 8 is pressing charges.

Phyllis Burgess alleges that she was assaulted as she carried a Styrofoam cross through the crowd at a No on Proposition 8 rally. The 69-year-old Palm Springs resident originally declined to press charges when asked by police and joked she felt lucky, at least she didn’t lose her wig in the tussle like Cloris Leachman did on Dancing with the Stars.

“I guess I didn’t see the gravity of the whole thing and how it was being portrayed to the public,” Burgess said. “People are incensed. They seem to want some kind of justice.” (see more)

See more at Changing Worldviews.com

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