NBC Nightly News - 1999-10-23 (audio sync problem)
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[0:00] Wait, you lost
[0:01] >> is doing is signaling a change of face
[0:04] for the evangelical Christian world.
[0:07] >> A consumer alert about Y2K scams.
[0:10] Ripoffs are on the rise.
[0:12] >> A lot of times people don't realize yet
[0:14] that they've been victimized.
[0:17] >> And big league baseball unveils a best
[0:19] of the century roster. It includes Pete
[0:22] Rose, a player banned from baseball on
[0:24] gambling charges.
[0:26] >> He's a champion. He should be recognized
[0:27] as being a champion.
[0:32] From NBC News World Headquarters in New
[0:34] York, this is NBC Nightly News reported
[0:38] by John Seanthaler.
[0:40] >> Good evening everyone. We begin tonight
[0:42] with a meeting some thought could never
[0:44] happen. In Lynchburg, Virginia this
[0:46] afternoon, a group of gay activists met
[0:49] with the Reverend Jerry Fwell and other
[0:51] conservative Christians at Fwell's
[0:53] church. The purpose of this event to
[0:55] open lines of communication between the
[0:57] two groups and to take a stand against
[0:59] violence. NBC's Campbell Brown has the
[1:02] story.
[1:02] >> You I'd already said what you was going
[1:03] to say.
[1:04] >> It is an unlikely pairing. Reverend
[1:06] Jerry Fwell, known for anti-gay
[1:09] rhetoric, and Mel White, a gay minister
[1:11] and activist. Yet today, at Fwell's
[1:14] Church in Lynchburg, Virginia, together
[1:16] they led an unprecedented civil rights
[1:19] summit. 200 evangelical Christians who
[1:22] view homosexuality as wrong and 200 gay
[1:25] leaders concerned about discrimination
[1:28] and violence based on sexual orientation
[1:31] here because their views have made each
[1:33] a target.
[1:34] >> We have to be willing to sit down with
[1:37] people who would be considered our
[1:38] adversar