Gay Iraq Veteran Eric Alva Booed at San Antonio City Council

(GayWebSource.com – Gay Media & Press Network) – Posted by Doug Magditch – HisBigD.com

Anti-gay protestors reportedly booed Iraq war veteran Eric Alva in San Antonio when he spoke out in favor of a non-discimination ordinance at Wednesday’s city council meeting. Alva was the first marine injured in Iraq when he stepped on a landmine. He lost his leg.

From the Dallas Voice:

About 200 people signed up to speak at the City Council meeting for and against the ordinance.

Alva, a Marine staff sergeant who became the first U.S. soldier injured in Iraq when he stepped on a landmine, was booed by the crowd when he spoke in favor of the ordinance. Alva lives in San Antonio.

“To all you people that preach the word of God, shame on you because God loves me, like the day I laid bleeding on the sands of Iraq and that’s why he saved me,” Alva said before he left the podium.

Alva wrote on his Facebook page later: “Well I just left city council chambers and I feel like crying. I have never seen a city so divided and hateful towards each other. All of man kind should be ashamed. I already spoke and even some of the religious groups even boo’ed me as I spoke. Such disrespect as they preach the word of God.”

The City Council is expected to vote on the ordinance on Sept. 5. A Change.org petition calls on San Antonio city council members to support the ordinance.

[h/t Dallas Voice]