Some people went all out to try to stop Log Cabin Republican head Patrick Guerriero from speaking to between 100 to 200 students at UNC-Chapel Hill for National Coming Out Day. First a pie was thrown at him (Guerriero took off his coat and continued with his speech) but a few minutes later someone pulled the fire alarm, forcing the lecture hall to be evacuated (Guerriero finished his talk on the front steps).
As reported by
the News & Observer, both gay liberals and anti-gay
conservatives often find Guerriero controversial, but
in this case, Bernard Holloway, one of the organizers of Monday's speech, said some people think the assailant came from the left. "I think there was a lot more unease amongst queer-identified people on campus just seeing Patrick come than amongst conservative-minded people on campus," Holloway said.
Guerriero said he was impressed that the students who attended the talk stayed on despite the interruptions.
I can't speak to this particular incident, but I have personally witnessed young gay leftists shouting down non-leftist speakers, so great is their fear that incorrect views might mislead those who lack the proper ideological rigor.
Update: A somewhat related
story on efforts by (ok, some) left-liberals to stop campus
speakers whom they deem ideologically wayward.
--Stephen H. Miller