[The Anti-One]

Excessive police actions are wrong, no matter who is being targeted.

Agreed! Do you have evidence that hillbilly bars or heterosexual night clubs, etc. are being raided or is this just something unique to sodomite bars and if so why do you think they are being targeted?

[Wallace T.]

The homosexuals in Fort Worth are trying to receive the sort of protected status minority clubs and elite social clubs have. Night clubs that cater to various non-affluent white clienteles, such as rednecks, goths, bikers, etc., receive little media publicity or public protest when the local cops or the TABC (or its equivalent in other states) decide to raid and harass. It is well known that such treatment of black or Hispanic clubs has to run interference from activists and the media. Raiding country clubs will incur the wrath of wealthy persons who are big contributors to city council members and state legislators. Police and TABC agents understandably avoid such venues.

You can hardly blame the homosexuals for using tactics that have worked for racial and ethnic minorities. The fact is that laws restricting personal behavior tend to be enforced against those who lack political clout. Selective enforcement of such laws has been the case for a very long time, at least since the 19th Century.

[I Buried My Guns]

The thing that spurred the raid was the near-constant providing of alcohol to minors.

the providing of alcohol to minors is de facto policy among the gays, happens all the time, moreso than straight people, IMO. It makes their task easier.

Sadly for them, there are laws against it. I support the enforcement of these laws, as it maintains our society. If homosexuals get upset because of this enforcement, it is an indicator that they are up to no good.

[TexanByBirth]

Keep in mind it was the TABC that a couple of years ago conducted raids in hotel bars and were arresting people for public intoxication despite the fact those they were arresting were staying at the hotel and not bothering anyone.

TABC has a history of bullying everyone, not just gay people.