Guest Warwick Green Posted May 31, 2006 Report Posted May 31, 2006 Arlington gay activist Lilli Vincenz just wanted to copy a film she made of the nation's first gay pride parade back in 1970. Tim Bono was just a small county businessman trying to run his film production company in line with his Christian values. When Bono declined to make copies of Vincenz's work because he did not want to "partake in any gay agenda," she filed a discrimination complaint with the Arlington County Human Rights Commission -- and won. Films that activist Lilli Vincenz, shown here playing the violin in her garden, made on gay rights more than 35 years ago landed her in the center of a discrimination battle when a business owner refused to copy them.... When Bono read the titles of the movies, he balked at filling Vincenz's request, telling her in an e-mail that "Gay and Proud" and the "Second Largest Minority" indicated to him that the material might be of "questionable content." He referred human rights investigators to language posted on his business's Web site that informs customers that his company won't work with material such as pornography or cult video that "runs counter to our Christian and ethical values."... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...943.html?sub=AR Quote
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