Pelosi likens healthcare protests to anti-gay rhetoric

Yahoo Gay News / Los Angeles Times  Sep 17 09

The House speaker says some of the language being used reminds her of 1970s San Francisco, when anger led to assassinations. A Republican colleague denounces her comparison. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) said Thursday that she worries that the protests over President Obama's healthcare legislation may resemble the anti-gay rhetoric of the late 1970s in San Francisco, which ... Full story...

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