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Article: AHF Believes Condom Controversy Fuels Hate Speech; West Hollywood Bars Post Anti-Semitic Slurs.
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- PR Newswire
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- January 24, 2000
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- At a press conference held today at West Hollywood City Hall, several civic, community and religious leaders strongly denounced a recent and ugly act of anti-Semitic and homophobic hate speech in West Hollywood fueled by the recent controversy over condom distribution in the city.
Over the past week, posters calling AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) president Michael Weinstein (the spearhead behind the mandatory condom distribution initiative in West Hollywood) a "Condom Nazi," who "joins the ranks of Jesse Helms, Jerry Falwell and Dr. Laura as an enemy of the gay community," were plastered -- and remained for ...