Rev.
Dyan
Abena
McCray,
pastor
at
Unity
Fellowship
Church
of
Washington,
D.C.,
said
that
when
she
went
out
to
walk
her
dog
last
Sunday
morning
she
found
that
a
brick
had
been
thrown
through
the
window
of
her
car.
McCray
said
she
is
concerned
that
she
is
being
targeted
because
of
her
criticism
of
Rev.
Willie
Wilson,
who
is
the
pastor
of
Union
Temple
Church
in
D.C.
and
executive
director
of
the
Millions
More
Movement
—
an
event
in
October
slated
to
build
unity
within
the
black
community
and
commemorate
the
10th
anniversary
of
the
Million
Man
March.
Activists
say
Wilson
has
refused
to
work
with
black
gay
men
and
lesbians
who
wanted
to
be
part
of
planning
the
march.
Tensions
over
Wilson’s
relationship
with
gays
grew
after
news
spread
of
a
July
3
sermon
he
gave
in
which
he
made
anti-gay
remarks
and
claimed
lesbianism
was
an
epidemic
threatening
the
black
family.
McCray,
a
gay
rights
advocate
and
leader
of
a
gay-friendly
church,
wrote
an
opinion
column
criticizing
Wilson
that
was
published
in
the
July
29
issue
of
the
Blade.
McCray
wrote
that
she
was
troubled
by
the
remarks
made
by
Wilson,
which
she
said
were
inconsistent
with
some
of
the
pastor’s
past
efforts
to
promote
inclusion
of
gays.
“The
reality
is
that
Wilson
has
shown
that
his
leadership
skills
and
hatred
for
some
people
would
never
make
him
a
suitable
politician
for
our
city
and
make
him
a
questionable
member
of
the
clergy,”
McCray
wrote.
Since
the
article
was
published,
McCray
said,
she
has
received
numerous
threatening
phone
calls
and
e-mails.
“One
of
the
calls
said,
‘One
who
ministers
to
lesbians
and
punks
should
watch
their
backs,’”
McCray
said.
“Someone
else
said,
‘Your
voice
needs
to
be
shut
up.’
“A
couple
days
before
the
window
was
smashed,
I
got
a
call
saying
I
needed
to
watch
my
back,
and
then
the
phone
slammed
down.”
McCray
said
that
she
is
convinced
that
the
smashing
of
her
car
window
is
related
to
the
threatening
phone
calls
and
e-mails.
She
was
asked
by
the
Blade
to
provide
copies
of
the
threatening
e-mails,
but
said
she
thought
she
had
deleted
most
of
them.
She
had
hoped
to
retrieve
some,
but
did
not
forward
any
to
the
Blade
by
deadline.
McCray
said
that
she
has
filed
a
police
report
about
the
vandalism
to
her
car
and
has
put
in
place
some
new
security
measures
but
is
otherwise
defiant.
“Nothing
will
change
in
my
life,”
she
said.
“I
will
always
be
a
voice
for
those
who
don’t
get
heard.
People
need
to
be
aware
that
when
they
stand
on
the
front
line
there
are
going
to
be
some
bullets,
you
need
to
protect
yourself,
but
nothing
is
going
to
silence
my
voice.”
Activist
Phillip
Pannell
said
that
he
has
also
received
harassing,
anonymous
phone
calls
by
people
who
tell
him
to,
“lay
off
Rev.
Wilson.”
Rev.
Wilson
did
not
return
calls
for
comment
and
has
refused
in
the
past
to
talk
to
the
Blade
since
news
of
the
July
3
sermon
became
public.
“The
threat
of
violence
shows
that
we
are
touching
a
nerve
in
the
black
community,”
said
Meredith
Moise,
of
Equality
Maryland’s
Marylanders
Of
Color
Collective.
“It
shows
people
are
paying
attention.
People
are
afraid
of
the
truth.
But
there
is
no
place
for
fear
in
this
movement.
“Violence
is
unacceptable,”
Moise
said.
“And
Rev.
Wilson
needs
to
send
out
a
call
to
say
cease
and
desist.
He
could
tell
people
to
stop,
and
they
probably
would.”
Neither
McCray
nor
Pannell
claims
Wilson
is
directly
responsible
for
the
harassment
they
say
they
have
experienced.
But
Sterling
Washington,
co-chair
of
the
black
gay
group
the
D.C.
Coalition,
said
Wilson’s
comments
about
gays
were
so
extreme
that,
“someone
who
was
not
of
sound
mind
would
take
Wilson’s
statements
as
a
battle
cry
to
attack
gay
and
lesbian
people.”
As
for
the
Millions
More
Movement,
Moise
said,
black
gays
are
an
integral
part
of
the
black
family,
“and
we
are
organizing
for
our
inclusion.”
“We
need
to
come
together
on
peaceful
terms
and
talk
about
how
this
can
be
a
loving
celebration
of
unity
in
our
community,”
said
Moise.
“We
will
only
be
up
to
the
challenge
to
solve
our
issues
if
we
work
together.”
According
to
a
report
in
the
Washington
Post,
both
Mayor
Anthony
Williams
and
NAACP
Chairman
Julian
Bond
have
called
for
Wilson
and
Nation
of
Islam
leader
Louis
Farrakhan
to
include
gay
men
and
lesbians
in
the
planning
of
the
Millions
More
Movement.
