GLAAD Atlanta GLAAD/News April 27, 1994 by Carl Lange Cobb and Coca Cola Coca Cola, the oldest and principal sponsor of the Olympics has remained conspicuously quiet over the decision to hold an Olympic event in Cobb County. Last year Cobb County Commissioners condemned gay and lesbian citizens by resolution. Several GLAAD chapters have asked Coca-Cola, as the oldest and largest corporate sponsor of the 1996 Centennial Games, to withdraw its support for holding the volleyball event in Cobb County and to disas sociate itself entirely from the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games' (ACOG) decision. Coca Cola has refused. Ask Coca Cola why, as the primary sponsor of the Olympics and most powerful corporation in Atlanta, it has refused to publicly distance itself from either Cobb County's resolution or ACOG's decision to hold the event there. Does Coca Cola intend to promote Coca Cola in Cobb where a major international gay and lesbian protest march has been called for in 1996? Call 1-800-GET-CO KE to let them know how you feel. Irreverent Bigotry "Homosexuality: A Disease and a Cult," is the title of a new pamphlet which is being distributed to various government officials in at least one Southern state. This heinous propaganda attempts to portray gays and lesbians as a cult of treat able psychotics who have infiltrated all levels of society . "Think about the Gay Movement as a cult: prevaricating, fabricating, truth-be-damned, you-cannot-prove-us-wrong (as if the burden of proof rests on straights), hallelujah-blurt-out proclamations, end-of-the-world scare (AIDS) scenarios, thde condemnation of any effort for treatment and the prohibition of leaving the cult." "H omosexuality:..." was written by Samuel A. Nigro, M.D. a self professed "child , adolescent and adult psychiatrist treating patients since 1969." Write Samuel A. Nigro, 2517 Guilford Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118. This pamphlet is published and distributed, along with other materials, by (Rev.) John H. Miller of Catholic Central Union of America. Write (Rev.) John H. Miller, Editor, Social Justice Review, Central Bureau, Catholic Central Union of America, 3835 Westminster Place, St. Louis, MO 6 3108; phone 314-371-1653. Another material included in the mailing is "A Psychological Lo ok at Homosexuality and AIDS" by Melvin Anchell, MD. A.S.P.P., a self described "expert witness in psychiatry and human sexuality." He states that "the homosexual is the sickest of all perver ts...." "...innumerable children are stolen from parents each year to meet the sexual needs of homosexuals....." and that homosexuals are incapable of loving relationships and are the product of childhood sexual molestation. This column is a product of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation/Atlanta, Incorporated. For more information about GLAAD/Atlanta write PO Box 55111, Atlanta, GA 30308; call 404-876-1398; fax 404-876-4051; internet: glaadatl@aol.com ####