"Nation: AIDS Activists Stage Protest"

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"Nation: AIDS Activists Stage Protest"

Washington Times (12/14/92), P. A2

Abstract: ACT-UP conducted a demonstration yesterday outside St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, claiming the Catholic Church has lobbied against gay-tolerance education in schools. About 100 demonstrators gathered across the street from the church carrying signs that read "Angry Gay Catholic" and "Just Another Altar Boy Fighting to End the AIDS Crisis." The protest was spurred by the recent debate over the "Children of the Rainbow" multicultural curriculum, which incorporates two books about homosexual relationships for use classes for students as young as six years old. Cardinal John J. O'Connor was one of the adversaries of the curriculum. Last week, Schools Chancellor Joseph Fernandez suspended School Board 24 in Queens for rejecting the curriculum. The board was subsequently reinstated by the Board of Education.

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