Reader Response
February, 1989
The following statements were made during the time that the Chicago City Council was pondering a human-rights ordinance that would prohibit discrimination against homosexuals:"In the words of the great Reverend [Hiram] Crawford, 'God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.'"--Alderman William Beavers"Sodomites eat human waste."--The Reverend Hiram Crawford"We don't raise no sissies--we raise men."--Alderman Marlene CarterThe human-rights ordinance did not pass.
