The 30th anniversary of the Summer of Love is rapidly approaching. That an anniversary is even considered is amazing. What was supposed to be a fragile flower seems to have tenacious roots.
Attacks are nothing new.
The New Age movement, or whatever it's called these days, has taken heat for 30 years. It must be a shock to some to see our civil liberties still standing despite the Rights' tactics of humiliation, degradation and deceit. The painful Jerry Gracia spousal trial, with all its implications to the community, is a case in point. Before that, Jerry's death in the San Geronimo Valley brought it home. We were not all Deadheads, but all Deadheads are us, and all of us are family.