Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 10:20:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rex Wockner <rwockner@netcom.com>
Subject: GAY LOBBY GROUP RECEIVES BOMB THREAT 


          GAY LOBBY GROUP RECEIVES BOMB THREAT
                    by Rex Wockner

	The LIFE AIDS Lobby, California's statewide gay- and AIDS-
lobbying organization, received a bomb threat at its Sacramento
headquarters April 24.

	A caller using anti-gay language told a staffer to "get out
of the building unless you want to die."

	A police search of the agency's offices and the rest of the
14-floor building revealed no bomb.

	"We took the threat very seriously," said LIFE Executive
Director Laurie McBride. "Yesterday, just four blocks away, a
mail-bomb explosion killed a forestry lobbyist.

	"I blame the politics of division, the rhetoric of
demagogues on the rabid right for helping create a climate that
allows extremists of all stripes to think their terrorist acts
are somehow justified," McBride said.

	"Hate rhetoric is not entertainment. Hate rhetoric is not
political commentary. Hate rhetoric is an incitement to
violence," she charged.

	LIFE lobbies on behalf of more than 100 gay/lesbian and HIV-
related organizations statewide.

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