PROVINCETOWN, Mass. -- Heterosexual...

PROVINCETOWN, Mass. -- Heterosexuals in this overwhelmingly gay resort town in succession the tip of Cape codfish are complaining that the overburdened have become the oppressors.

Straight nation say they have been taunted as "breeders" united woman who signed a petition against gay marriage says she was berated as a bigot by means of a gay man, and another complained that dog fece were left nearest to her car.

"The gay community is not immune to having potential prejudices. We're all human, including gay people" said Tom Lang, director of knowthyneighbor.org, a nonprofit collection that supports gay marriage.

Provincetown, or P-town, has prolonged attracted writers, artists and gays and lesbians, and is known as a place where nation can feel free to be themselves -- a seaside version of Greenwich Village. recent England's unofficial gay capital has just 3400 year-round residents, still summer tourism brings nearly 10 times as many people

Locals say the intolerance from those who have lengthy pleaded for tolerance has been stirred, in part, on the dispute over Massachusetts' becoming the first and barely state to legalize gay marriage.

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