I am glad to hear that St John the Divine has back out of a relationship why the homophobic and racist Christian group with the name Samaritan, The Rev Billy Graham' son, the heir to both his father's millions and his congregation, has refused to back down from his anti-gay and anti-Muslim public statements, While the rector of St John the Divine issued a statement saying he was aware that the evangelical group was homophobic and racist but hoped those could be set aside to save lives. I believe Larry Kramer's call for action inspired the Rev Billy Talen, well know and loved public preacher and performance artist to do a public protest in Central Park calling the Samaritan's racist. He climbed over the fence separating the recent installment of a temporary hospital in central Park run by the Samaritan and attempted to plant a RAINBOW flag on the grounds near the tent structure
Rev. Billy was roughly pushed by a gaggle of cops to the ground and arrested although he was not resisting. His protest action and arrest were documented in a video, His shouting "I am not resisting. I am peaceful" contradicts the numerous charges the police .justified their treatment of Billy
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Apparently, Samaritans called for charges against Rev Billy,.Thankfully the entire incident was filmed and went viral on social media, I believe Rev Billy's action caused a change of mind at the St John the Divine. As an ally of the LGBT community, Rev Billy's brave action hopefully made Larry Kramer happy. It certainly did me,