Complaint Filed in Anti-Gay Marriage Rally Incident
by EDGEBoston
Police interview Sarah Loy after she was allegedly assaulted during an anti-gay marriage rally at Worcester City Hall Dec. 16. (Source:Worcester.indymedia.org)
Worcester police have filed a misdemeanor assault and battery complaint against the head of a Catholic group lobbying for an anti-gay marriage amendment following a shoving incident during a rally last weekend. The complaint, filed Dec. 18, is against Larry Cirignano, executive director of Catholic Citizenship, a Boston-based organization supporting a proposed amendment to the Massachusetts Constitution that would ban same-sex marriage. Cirignano allegedly pushed Sarah Loy, an equal-marriage supporter, during an anti-gay marriage rally outside Worcester City Hall on Dec. 16. Loy fell to the ground, but was uninjured. According to Loy, who is heterosexual and a board member of the Worcester County Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, she had left a group of about 20 marriage equality supporters and crossed a buffer zone between the opposing groups. She was carrying a sign that read "No discrimination in the Constitution." A man later identified as Cirignano approached her and told her she would have to step back. Loy said that before she could do so...
by EDGEBoston
Police interview Sarah Loy after she was allegedly assaulted during an anti-gay marriage rally at Worcester City Hall Dec. 16. (Source:Worcester.indymedia.org)
Worcester police have filed a misdemeanor assault and battery complaint against the head of a Catholic group lobbying for an anti-gay marriage amendment following a shoving incident during a rally last weekend. The complaint, filed Dec. 18, is against Larry Cirignano, executive director of Catholic Citizenship, a Boston-based organization supporting a proposed amendment to the Massachusetts Constitution that would ban same-sex marriage. Cirignano allegedly pushed Sarah Loy, an equal-marriage supporter, during an anti-gay marriage rally outside Worcester City Hall on Dec. 16. Loy fell to the ground, but was uninjured. According to Loy, who is heterosexual and a board member of the Worcester County Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, she had left a group of about 20 marriage equality supporters and crossed a buffer zone between the opposing groups. She was carrying a sign that read "No discrimination in the Constitution." A man later identified as Cirignano approached her and told her she would have to step back. Loy said that before she could do so...
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