Macy's Removes Gay Pride Display

AP ^ | 6/7/6

[SmithL]

BOSTON -- Macy's department store has removed a window display marking Boston's gay pride week after a group that opposes gay marriage complained it was offensive.

The display at the downtown Boston store featured two male mannequins, with one wearing a gay pride rainbow flag around his waist, next to a list of several planned Boston Pride Week events.

MassResistance, formerly the Article 8 Alliance, which has campaigned against gay marriage and gay-themed textbooks in public schools, objected to the display and said the mannequin wearing the flag had a "skirt" on, the Boston Herald reported.

The group posted pictures on its Web site and scores of its supporters complained to Macy's by phone and e-mail.

[SmithL]

Did y'all say something to Macy's?

[Jameison]

The gay agenda fanatics at it again.
What on earth is Macy's doing putting a guy with a skirt in their display window anyways?

[longtermmemmory]

Disney automatically rotaits the screen saver on employee computers. This week, the same week as the Federal Marriage Amendment vote, some disney techies decided that a "homosexual pride" theme would be just what the cubicle bound desk staff needed to see.

[RoadTest]

Sounds like Macy's management is a little smarter than Ford's.

[theDentist]

Coulda put panties on his head as well...

[gcruse]

Next time I read about newspapers censoring cartoons because of Muslim pressure, I'll remember Macy's and tell myself it's a good thing.

[Jameison]

Apples to oranges.
Not the same.

[gcruse]

Self-censorship of legal activity because of protesting. It's the same in both cases.

[CheneyChick]

[Jameison]

Self censorship?
Is that what you call the rabid threats to murder, not just in this country, but in Europe and all over the world, journalists who dared to publish those Mohamed cartoons?
They are not EVEN CLOSE to being the same.

[Solamente]

I bet the black mannequin is glad he's been placed in the back!

[Protagoras]

Gay pride? Why are people proud of the their sexual preferences?

[goodnesswins]

sheesh.....what's with the boobs?

[gcruse]

You know, you have a point. Self-censorship under threat of murder might be understandable. To censor oneself because of fringe protest alone is more of a cowardly act.

The result is the same, tho.

[pabianice]

Meanwhile, Mayor Tom "Doofus" Menino is instructing the city to sue the states of Georgia and New Hampshire for lawfully selling guns to their states' residents. Liberalism is truly is a mental desease.

[Jameison]

"You know, you have a point. Self-censorship under threat of murder might be understandable. "

No.
Not from a bunch of people (journalists), who cheerfully publish details of CIA apprehension and detain operations of Al Quaeda in Europe, and expose our people to the danger of getting blown up by Islamic vermin over there and over here.

"To censor oneself because of fringe protest alone is more of a cowardly act. "

Gay marriage has been voted down in every single state it's come up for a referendum, even in ultra liberal Oregon.
20 states so far.

There is nothing "fringe" about those protesting about having gay propaganda imposed on an unwary public and children.
This is America.

[gcruse]

I thought "You have the right to not be offended" was a minority/leftist thing. Looks like it's creeping out of its sewer.

[massgopguy]

A good point. They are Transgendered mannequins. The Lesbian and ACLU bleephole on WRKO kept making references to the Heterosexual mannequins. Would those be the headless torsos wearing Polo shirts? MassResistance was labled by the ACLU rep as being the voice of the past. NO, we're the voice of natural history. Good work Brian C.

[Jameison]

"I thought "You have the right to not be offended" was a minority/leftist thing"

I don't want gay acts (men kissing etc) in front of my children.
I don't want men in skirts at Macy's when I go shopping.
I have the right to, and will protest strongly if Macy's comes up with stuff of that nature .
Macy's of course has the right to continue to keep that kind of stuff there.
Equally if they don't remove what I find offensive, I have the right to simply stop shopping there.
It's called freedom of choice.