NATION : Pair Assault AIDS Columnist
From Times Wire Services
COLUMBIA, Mo. — A man who writes a newspaper column about his daily struggles with AIDS was thrown through a restaurant window, police said today.
Clifford Moyers, who writes a “Living with AIDS†column in the Columbia Tribune each Sunday, was hospitalized in stable condition.
Moyers said he was discussing gay rights with friends at a restaurant when men at a neighboring table “started making ‘faggot’ remarks against us.†He was thrown through a plate-glass window in the foyer, police said.
Two men were arrested and released on bond.
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