Anti-gay message in Library quad stuns CSUS students

The campus community was shocked Tuesday morning by the anti-gay messages scrawled across the Library quad.

The graffiti defaced messages placed Sunday evening in support of National Coming Out Day, by the Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Alliance of Sacramento, a student organization at CSUS.

"We sent these messages to welcome gay and lesbian students, especially the new ones," said sophomore Lance Demello, a Communication Studies major and president of BGLAS.

Monday night, or early Tuesday morning, an anonymous student scribbled out the original BGLAS messages, such as "Hate is not a family value," with "Butt-f------ is not a family value."

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