| | ''[[Christianity Today]]'' states the following regarding Pastor David Innes regarding the [[Hamilton Square Baptist Church Riot|Hamilton Square Baptist Church riot]]: | | ''[[Christianity Today]]'' states the following regarding Pastor David Innes regarding the [[Hamilton Square Baptist Church Riot|Hamilton Square Baptist Church riot]]: |
| − | {{cquote|Innes says, he blames not police but those in political control of the city, particularly the board of supervisors. "You really can't compare San Francisco with any other city," says Innes. "Homosexual advocates infiltrate and dominate the political structures here. Police are in straitjackets. They can't do their job. They've been instructed not to arrest homosexuals."<ref name=CT93>''Christianity Today'' (November 8, 1993), v. 37, p. 57.</ref>}} | + | {{cquote|Innes says, he blames not police but those in political control of the city, particularly the board of supervisors. "You really can't compare San Francisco with any other city," says Innes. "Homosexual advocates infiltrate and dominate the political structures here. Police are in straitjackets. They can't do their job. They've been instructed not to arrest homosexuals."<ref name=CT93>Frame, Randy (November 8, 1993). "Baptist church becomes target in the culture wars". ''Christianity Today'', v. 37, p. 57.</ref>}} |
| | Pastor Innes then cites a September 30, 1993 letter published in the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' from a veteran police officer who was "highly embarrassed" when people asked him he was not making any arrests in regards to totally naked males engaging in lewd behavior at the San Francisco Folsom Street Fair. The officer stated that "At least a dozen times I had to painstakingly explain that we were to take a position of 'high tolerance' and not to create an incident." <ref name=CT93/> | | Pastor Innes then cites a September 30, 1993 letter published in the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' from a veteran police officer who was "highly embarrassed" when people asked him he was not making any arrests in regards to totally naked males engaging in lewd behavior at the San Francisco Folsom Street Fair. The officer stated that "At least a dozen times I had to painstakingly explain that we were to take a position of 'high tolerance' and not to create an incident." <ref name=CT93/> |