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The Barb 4 IQOOgOOOOOOOOOOOOOOnOPOOOOOQOOOOOOOQOOOtl Cocktail Hour 3 To 8:00 P.M. MY HOUSE 774 W. Peachtree St N.E. Atlanta, Georgia Proudly Preso nts Atlanta Follies The Broadway Babies ft Discotheque-Food—Dancing Open Till 4 AM 881-6195 Advertise In The Barb! Gays Meet With Mayor Continued from page 4 Revs. John Gill and Jim Snow With Mayor Jackson In England, carrying caterpillers about was prescribed as an aid to toothache! Commissioner Smith asked for the Mayor’s support of the program presented by Atlanta’s Community Re lations Commission, which includes gay rights legislation. Jackson in dicated his support of the need for such legislation and added that he had al ready begun reviewing the CRC program proposal, and was now awaiting the specific language of the legislation before taking further action. Rev. Gill noted the difficulty in asking com munity people to respect police and other admini strative officials, when SOUTHEAST DISTRICT OF THE UNIVERSAL FELLOWSHIP OF METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCHES 2904 CONCORDIA AVENUE TAMPA, FLORIDA 33609 TELEPHONE 1-813-839-5939 DISTRICT COORDINATOR: Rev. Charles W. Larsen, M. Div. DISTRICT CLERK: Mr. H. Ernie Richardson General Offices, U.F.M.C.C.: 1050 S. Hill St., Los Angeles, California 90015; Telephone 1-213-748-2111. CHUBSHg Atlanta, Georgia Metropolitan Community Church 800 N. Highland Ave. N. E. Atlanta, Georgia 30306 Rev. Elder John Gill, Pastor Rev. Jim Snow, Asst. Pastor (404) 872-2246 Church Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Metropolitan Community Church 1127 S. W. Second Court Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 33312 Rev. Peter Wilson, Pastor (305) 524-0004 Church (305) 522-0262 Home Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Community Church P. O. Box 291 Jacksonville, Fla. 32201 Rev. Warren Wagner, Pastor (904) 354-1318 Home Miami, Florida Christ Metropolitan Community Church P.O. Box 370963 Miami, Florida, 33127 Rev. Keith Davis, Pastor Asst. D.C. (305) 758-7190 Home Tampa, Florida Metropolitan Community Church 2904 Concordia Avenue Tampa, Florida 33609 Rev. Charles Larsen, Pastor District Co-ordinator (813) 839-5939 Home & Church MISSIONS Cocoa, Florida M.C.C. Mission P. O. Box 362 Cocoa, Fla., 32922 Rev. Alex Kurjack, Interim Pastor (305) 254-1302 Nashville, Tennessee M.C.C. Mission P.O. Box 187 Nashville, Tenn. 37202 Rev. Darryl Etzler, Interim Pastor itor (615) 749-6454 Office (615) 352-9712 Home STUDY GROUPS Columbia, South Carolina M.C.C. Study Group P.O. Box 11181 Columbia, S.C., 29211 Rev. Maynard Cash, Worship Co-ordinator (803) 252-1250 Orlando, Florida M.C.C. Study Group P.O. Box 20262 Orlando, Fla. 32814 Rev. Lee Spangenberg, (305) 423-0345 The Southeast District of UFMCC is earnestly seeking qualified people to assume leadership in many more cities in the Southeast U.S. If you have the training, experience, and calling, please get in touch immediately with our District Coordinator, the Rev. .Charles W. Larsen, at the above address. many of diem use terms that are abusive to gay people. Rev. Gill also stated that many times these terms were used because the person using them - had no knowledge of gay people and what might be offensive to them. Commissioner Smith requested that Mayor Jackson issue an execu tive order requesting city employees to use only the following terms whey they find it necessary to indicate the sexuality of a gay person: Gay or homosexual for both males and females, and lesbian for females only. Mayor Jackson agreed readily with Commis sioner Smith’s proposal and promised that such an order would be issued. The immediate pro blem of gay harassment by the police department is still upon us. It is obvious to those in at tendance at the con ference with Mayor Jack- son that the ground work for legislation is being laid to prevent this type of harassment. The bur den is now upon the cojn- munity to support the legislative proposals by letting the Atlanta City Council know that this legislation is imperative! New Racetrack That new racetrack is really impressive. It cost $44 million to build; the grandstand is ten stor ies high; has 800 windows; 10 bars and 5 restaurants. Imagine all this - just for someone to get their rent money! Writers Need! Writers are needed. If you have experience in' writing and would like to write for the Barb in your area, write for de tails to: The Barb P.O. •Box 82543 Atlanta.Ga. 30354. 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