Croatian gay pride event passes without incident

ASSOCIATED PRESS

SPLIT, Croatia -- Riot police watched on as several hundred people, including some government ministers, marched unhindered through the Croatian town of Split on Saturday, many carrying flags and banners reading "Gay is OK" and "We are all equal."

Authorities had pledged to secure the pride event as a sign of determination to protect gay and other human rights ahead of joining the European Union in 2013.

Police said that they had briefly detained more than 40 people, but that there was no unrest despite threats of violence. Last year, extremists threw bottles and rocks at participants, drawing international condemnation.

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Charlie Crist: Statements about homosexuality and trying to kiss Greer are 'a bunch of delusional lies'

• TV station: 'Charlie Crist was a homosexual,' tried to kiss disgraced GOP party chairman Jim Greer (video report)

WTSP Channel 10 in Tampa reports that former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist called reported statements about him "a bunch of delusional lies."

Friday night, WTSP reported "allegations of homosexual affairs, a governor trying to kiss another man, and drunken escapades by former Governor Charlie Crist."

The allegations come from documents in the state investigation of former GOP chairman Jim Greer, who is scheduled to go on trial for corruption in July.