Group against homosexuality stirs students.(News)

Byline: Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz Daily Herald Staff Writer

The simple information booth was supposed to provoke thought about the medical and sociological implications of homosexuality.

It didn't have a chance - not on a Tuesday afternoon in The Hub, a snack bar at Elgin Community College.

Amid a stream of students as diverse in ethnicity, religion and age as ECC provides, the booth lit a firestorm of debate on the First Amendment, the Bible, bias and, of course, the nature of homosexuality.

Two men representing Downers Grove-based Heterosexuals Organized for a Moral Environment gave out fliers making claims about the negative consequences of being gay.

"Students do more thinking on a controversial issue when we're here," said HOME member John McCartney, 73, a retired English teacher.

The students …