Last night at the Assembly meeting was emotionally draining and yet quite uplifting. Is that even possible?

My daughter and I arrived at the Loussac Library around 4:30.

Once again the parking lot was packed and the red shirt brigade was out in full force.

Unbeknown to me at the time, Jerry "I hate the gays! I just hate them!" Prevo had sent out this delightful little e-mail to his cult members.

Dear ABT Email Family,

FOR THE SAKE OF OUR CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, CHURCHES, CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS, WE MUST STOP THIS NEW ORDINANCE IN ANCHORAGE.HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE MORAL LIFESTYLE.IT IS DISEASED AND DEVIANT.HOMOSEXUALS ARE TRYING TO FORCE US TO APPROVE THEIR LIFESTYLE INSTEAD OF JUST ACCEPTING THEM. HOMOSEXUALS ARE NOT BEING DEPRIVED OF JOBS, PLACES TO LIVE OR LOANS. THEY HOLD HIGH POLITICAL OFFICES, WELL-PAYING CORPORATE POSITIONS, AND ARE, AS A WHOLE, IN A HIGHER INCOME BRACKET.

The liberals on the Anchorage Assembly are trying to pass an ordinance to give “special rights” to gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and of all things transgender perverts. Last week we surprised them with an overwhelming number of people there in opposition, but they do not believe we can sustain these numbers. They feel like we are a bunch of wimps when it comes to fighting for what is right. To make it even harder, they have scheduled, in addition to the Tuesday night meeting, as to make it even harder, they have scheduled, in addition to the Tuesday night meeting, a special Wednesday night meeting. I am calling off our regular church service Wednesday so we can overwhelm them again on Wednesday night. This is how important this issue is to defeat.Below is some general information and BE SURE TO WEAR SOMETHING RED. (blue is their color) – Pastor Prevo

General Information: The public testimony concerning the proposed homosexual ordinance continues Tuesday and Wednesday nights. We need everyone to attend the Assembly meeting at the Lousacc Library. We need to fill up the Assembly Chambers with people wearing red shirts showing their opposition to the proposed ordinance. If you can arrive by 3 p.m., take a seat in the Assembly Chamber Hall. Bring something to eat or drink and a good book to read. Arriving early is important but coming when you can and being present, even outside, is just as important. We need to show the Assembly Members the voters of Anchorage will not tolerate this scourge. (I received this courtesy of Shannyn Moore.)

So as you can imagine they were there in large numbers and itching for a fight.

I was actually able to interview Prevo, and my daughter captured it on video, so hopefully I will have that up of all of you later today or early tomorrow.

We also captured many conversations and confrontations on video and will put those up as soon as my daughter can edit them together.

This time I sat with my blogger buddies Shannyn Moore and AKM during the often emotional testimony, which always makes these things much easier to take. AKM kept sharing posts on her Blackberry from the liveblogging that was taking place at Mudflats and that helped to lighten the mood a little.

I am not going to go into what happened during the testimony with this post, because like I said I have video and it will be much easier with a visual aide.

I will share that afterward we all went to the wonderful Villa Nova restaurant again, where we all ate too much, laughed just the right amount, and left with our spirits much higher than when we had arrived.

Stay tuned for more.