Upstairs Lounge

I just read an interesting article in the Summer 2010 issue of Equality magazine, a publication of the Human Rights Campaign.

The article tells the story of the 1973 fire that swept a New Orleans' gay bar called the Upstairs Lounge, killing 32 patrons and injuring dozens, the worst fire in New Orleans history.

But since it killed only occupants of a gay bar, the Roman Catholic archdiocese banned memorial services for the Catholic victims, and only one church of any denomination in the entire city allowed services.

This is called Christian love.