Petrelis Files

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will be voting on May 3 on a resolution endorsing this year's World Pride gay festival in Jerusalem this coming August.

Religious leaders of many faiths in Israel, usually fighting each other and agreeing on nothing, have united to condemned the pride activities and demand it be canceled.

Organizers of World Pride from the Jerusalem Open House, a gay advocacy and social support agency, are very determined to make the event a success and could probably use a vote of confidence and public support from San Francisco's elected officials.

If you live in San Francisco, contact your supervisor and let him or her know you support this resolution. Follow this link to call or email your supervisor: http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/site/bdsupvrs_index.asp?id=7271 .

For more information on this year's World Pride, visit http://www.worldpride.net/.

The excerpt below is from the agenda for the May 3 Board of Supervisors meeting:

http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/site/uploadedfiles/bdsupvrs/bosagendas/materials/050755.pdf

[Supporting the WorldPride celebration in Jerusalem]
Supervisors Dufty, Ammiano, Maxwell, Daly, Mirkarimi, Ma

"Resolution supporting the WorldPride celebration in Jerusalem.
"4/26/2005, REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
"Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?"

In my opinion, the resolution should be adopted with enthusiasm by the full board.