Posted on 05/05/2007 6:17:19 PM PDT by wagglebee
A pro-family leader in Pennsylvania says families should stay away from Philadelphia until city officials there stop catering to homosexuals. Philadelphia Mayor John Street recently took part in the unveiling of 36 permanent rainbow street signs in an area near the historic district known for its large homosexual population.
According to Gramley, the city was prompted by the Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus to approve the street signs. "What the city of Philadelphia is doing is looking for the homosexual [tourism] dollars," she says. "They need to know that if they are going to be accommodating homosexuals, then they're going to lose the traditional family dollars."
The city of Philadelphia is not family friendly, says Gramley -- and families should not choose Philadelphia as a vacation spot, she adds. The AFA of Pennsylvania leader believes a loss in tourism dollars is the only way the city is going to get the message.
"Let's face it," she says; "the majority of people in America hold traditional values, or they at least believe that homosexual acts are not right -- and we need to just send that message to Philadelphia."
Gramley says the country's Founding Fathers would be appalled that Philadelphia is now being touted as a "mecca" for homosexual tourists.
That might be the understatement of the year!
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It seems as if the people of Philadelphia don't consider Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell big enough attractions.
Too true. But Philly (think Rendell) must be envious of the tourist dollars that places like Boston and the Cape, Provincetown, other parts of New England are bringing in. And Philly is experiencing higher murder rates, more decay, a fading middle class (at least inside the city). Why not try to get this big spending group? Yeah, the founding fathers are already saddened by Philly, this just heaps it on.
I would guess that the queers have more money to spend than the average family. I am not that surprised. Follow the money!!!
Local pols, however, drew the line on hanging a disco ball inside the giant heart at the Franklin Institute...
“Gayborhood”
I think I’m going to toss my dinner
Maybe John Street remembers Act Up throwing human blood all over the place in an attempt to get attention. He just wants to have peace and calm after so much chaos and murder. The poor citizens of Philadelphia will survive John Street and hopefully elect a mayor with character and a moral compass. That will be a change
I wonder how those rainbow signs correlate with the location of registered sex offenders.
I bet it will be VERY high.
Guess they’re taking the city of brotherly love to a new (lower) level.
Homoseuxals drive out families. Families have children who require schools.
Perhaps the city commissioners are thinking they can get more tax base from short lived hedonists than families which provide to the future of society.
Philidelphia will be the next detroit.
Mayor Frank Rizzo would have cracked some heads and ‘straight’end this all out.
And he would have told the homos to take their money elsewhere.
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Attended a conference in Philly in the late 90s. Saw nothing for which I would want to return. Which puts it a tiny step down from Detroit (which I last saw in the mid-50s/early-60s).
Why are people “chumming” up with homosexuals and Islamics? Why are they so anxious to throw away what has proven to work so well to make America so great - family, church, our republic. our innate generosity? These qualities have worked for several centuries. What is the need to change so prevalent these days?
The family was discussing going there on vacation this year. It now may be something to reconsider. If my family still insists on going, I’ll mention that as an area to avoid.
Because:
A)Because for every gay person in America, there’s a family —figure five or six people — who support him or her.
B)There are over a billion Muslims in the world and in the last 25 years the world has become a very small place.
Although I must say that Philly is one city that would actually BENEFIT from an influx of gay and immigrants. Outside of Center City and Manayunk, the place has become another Detroit.
I don’t agree because:
A) I’m not talking about your everyday gay person, who fits in with the flow of things. I’m talking about the agenda of the gay movement (not more than 3% of the population, I understand) in militantly demanding special rights.
B) If we don’t keep reproducing our kind, the Islamics are naturally going to out number us. That doesn’t mean we need to roll over for them, surrender or provide them with what we do not provide people of other religions. We do have the means by which to protect ourselves if need be, if we will only use them. If we do not we are doomed, for they are not tolerant of religions other than their own.
Philly's best hope is attracting affluent singles and empty nesters and upwardly mobile (legal) immigrants.
“These qualities have worked for several centuries. What is the need to change so prevalent these days?”
To destroy our strength of course.
It’s a beautiful day in this gayborhood,
A beautiful day for a gaybor.
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?...
It’s a gayborly day in this beauty wood,
A gayborly day for a beauty.
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?...
I’ve always wanted to have a gaybor just like you.
I’ve always wanted to live in a gayborhood with you.
So, let’s make the most of this beautiful day.
Since we’re together we might as well say:
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?
Won’t you be my gaybor?
Won’t you please,
Won’t you please?
Please won’t you be my gaybor?
Pittsburgh, closer to me, has had it's share of revitalizations, it's nice to hear Philly is joining in.
I guess the pounding that Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed gave each other would be totally different if the movie were made today.
Urban areas in general don’t attract families.
Have you seen the Upper East Side lately? You can’t walk two steps without running into a stroller. NYC is awash in babies...
There are exceptions, as even 10-15 years ago, I couldn't walk in to EJ's without tripping over 30 strollers.
New Orleans formally embraced homosexuality for tourism dollars and look where that went.
What people are talking about is a city populated by the “hardworking middleclass.” That’s pretty much over. I’m beginning to subscribe to the bitter truth, which is: except for elections and buying stuff with cash from home equity loans, the American middleclass has become more or less irrelevent. So, the pols and the car manufacturers kiss their butts — but they don’t get much else.
Since I currently live midway between NYC and Philly, I can honestly tell you that two things happenned in the latter that did not happen in the former a. an exodus of the wealthy (dare I say, more important that the "middle class") and b. exodus of employers. Philly was once a manufacturing and financial center, but the former could not be sustained in light of cheaper and more efficient labor elsewhere, while the latter was eliminated through consolidation of said industry.
To think, back in the 1970s, we kept hearing about the dangers of the exodus of the "middle class" (Read: Archie Bunker) from the cities. NYC survived, however, while Philly (largely dominated by blue collar machine politicians) did not.
Nevertheless, there remain some nice neighborhoods in Philly (Society Hill, Chestnut Hill) which are bargains compared to NYC. However, would you really want to commute via Amtrak everyday? ;-)
NYC is about nothing but commerce. There’s no underlying philosophy or ideology, except business. So, it adapts quickly. What most people see as a “liberal agenda” is nothing more than either window dressing or grease to keep the machine humming along.
“New Orleans formally embraced homosexuality for tourism dollars and look where that went.”
Where did it go? You’re suggesting that the hurricane damage bore some relation to gay activity in the city? As far as I can tell, the most decadent (and gayest) parts of the city were very well-preserved during the floods and are back up and booming. The hardest-hit neighborhoods were ones that certainly never seen a Gay Pride float.
>...the American middleclass has become more or less irrelevant.<
The direct result of multinationalist corporations and outsourcing caused by NAFTA, GATT and the WTO. Even globalist FDT says we’re becoming a service nation. We’re sinking faster than I thought we would.
Philthy as a vacation spot? Har de har har. Where are these family's from that Philthy is a vacation spot, the 9th level of Hell?
It may have been cooincidence, but an earthquake and tidal wave devasted the area in the middle east which pandered to homosexuality and child prostitution just before a big homosexual conclave was to meet there. And again this happened in New Orleans, again just when big homosexual doings were to pop. I happen to think that God removes his protection from countries, or areas where people are going against His law. Will we never learn?
Gay. Very gay.
Why are people “chumming” up with homosexuals and Islamics?
To destroy the dominance of Christianity in America. The left’s strategy is to divide and conquer - to turn America into another secular Europe. The far-left (ie academics, the RATS & judiciary) will relentlessly push politics and the law further to the left while the MSM brainwashes the nation until there is a socialist government and economy. End of USA as a superpower.
Thank you. I’ve known most of these things for a long time, but sometimes I think I might be mistaken. Because it seems that most people don’t bother with thinking about such things, it gets rather lonely. Though it’s nice to learn I am not alone, it is also chilling to realize that it is all true after all. God bless.
A few visible projects in the Center City area doesn’t hide the fact that the city has lost more population (69,000) since the 2000 Census than it did in the entire previous decade (68,000). Philly continues to hemorrhage people. I suspect the recent explosion in crime is only going to accelerate that process as even many of the poorest finally give up and head out. It’s rapidly becoming a city with only the trapped poor and the rich, who can afford to pay for the extra security in Center City.
Ah, no surprise. I guess they felt it wasn’t good enough to pollute our city with their rainbow banners for only 1 month per year. Now they have “permanent” signs. Let’s see how long they remain permanent...
Many, many people are doing very, very well. They just don’t happen to be the middleclass.
That has to be it. I can't imagine that there's enough ass pirates out there in numbers to be worth targeting, but the few that are out there must have lots of money to spend.
That pales in comparison to the housing, schools, shopping centers, etc that are popping up on the outskirts of Philly. I recently got lost on a country road I’ve travelled many times. There was an entire town where there should have been farms.
Can anyone tell me, when is the last time Philthadelphia elected a mayor with character and a moral compass?
Being from Pennsylvania and only about a hour away, I find it funny that the author thinks that Philadephia is a possible vacation spot for families. I have been to Philadelphia about five times in my life. I don’t think the author has to worry about it being a vacation spot.
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