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Neil Broome Interview 37April 25, 2004Bailey House. She was Santa Claus and I was Mrs. Santa Claus – just little things likethat. We just did, like, little individual – I think it was more individual projects and stufflike that.So, there were a lot of good things. And then, a lot of the demonstrations Iparticipated – we did the thing at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, which I loved.SS:NB:SS:NB:Were you inside?Yes.Can you tell us the whole story?That gives me goose bumps. That gives you a total rush. But, again,Cardinal – I don’t even want to mention his name – Cardinal forget it – he was horrible.He was crazy – another demented, delusional freak in New York – another power hungry,hateful person, who all these fools worship. It’s sick. But, again, he was – I think whathappened was – he was very outspoken about no condoms, no sex education – all theseissues. He was just absent. His role was abysmal with the HIV thing. He made a wholeseries of statements that I think sparked people on. He was always against abortion,always against this. He was a very staunch, right wing Catholic, almost. And, thebottom line is, is, I have it in that book – should I pull that out? It was a protest againstall his policies, which are leading to death. And, I wrote one of the things for that.SS:NB:Let’s hear it.Here it is. I also organized a kiss-in. Oh, God, here I go. Let’s first get to– where are we now, the Cardinal? There are a number of things. I participated in aradio show – all these things. These are me, from the Etcetera magazine – South