Posted on 05/16/2012 10:17:17 AM PDT by massmike
Very soon, San Diego's LGBT community will see a colorful symbol of their pride flying high above the Hillcrest neighborhood.
Today, the City Council voted 7-0 to approve a proposal by the Hillcrest Business Association (HBA) to install a 65-foot flagpole in the median on Normal Street where it intersects with University Avenue.
Nicholas Moade, owner of Rich's and a donor to the flag project, urged the City Council to pass Item 333. "This flag symbolized tolerance and diversity," Moade said. "As long as LGBT youth are being bullied ... it is important to fly this flag as a beacon of hope."
After the council voted, applause erupted in the room. Many community members left excited about the installation of the project, which is expected to be in place in time for the annual San Diego LGBT Pride celebration, taking place July 20-22.
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Keep it out of everybody else's face and you won't get "bullied".
Same thing I'm telling my grandkids. That flag means that this house is dangerous to you and other kids. There are people there who might hurt you. Stay away from it!
When they get older I will have to tell them that it is NOT all right to antagonize those who live there. No yelling slurs or rock throwing, please. Just avoid them.
Quidam I could decipher.
You?
Not so much
I hope there are protests and boycotts, but its Kalipornia so I won’t hold my breath
Wikipedia: San Diego Pride is an annual celebration each July for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. It features the Pride Parade followed by a two-day festival in Balboa Park. It is sponsored by San Diego LGBT Pride and is considered to be the largest civic event in the city of San Diego.
In 1994 former mayor and current talk-show host Roger Hedgecock led a group of protesters calling themselves "The Normal People". They wanted to march in the Pride parade in political disagreement to the homosexual agenda. When rejected by the organizers of the parade, Hedgecock brought the matter to court. He filed a lawsuit, arguing that their exclusion violated San Diego's "Human Dignity Ordinance." The Superior Court rejected their claim, arguing that their right to march was not protected under the ordinance, since the Pride event was private and the "Normal People's" message was intended to interfere with the event.
A beacon of hope? What hope? That you don’t get full-blown AIDS?
You’re Romanian? That’s cool.
“That queer flag will be on city owned property. Can we put a cross on city owned property?”
I would try and when they say separation between church and state sue them for discrimination against straight people. And make sure you get it on the air.
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