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De Blasio won’t be in NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Associated Press ^ | Feb 4, 2014 5:24 PM EST | Jonathan Lemire

Posted on 02/04/2014 2:44:08 PM PST by Olog-hai

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will not be marching in the nation’s largest St. Patrick’s Day parade, deciding to skip one of his city’s signature celebrations because the event organizers refuse to let participants carry pro-gay signs.

De Blasio will become the first mayor in decades to sit out the traditional march along Fifth Avenue.

“I will be participating in a number of other events to honor the Irish heritage of this city,” said de Blasio on Tuesday during an unrelated press conference at City Hall. “But I simply disagree with the organizers of that parade.” …

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: billdeblasio; celebratesin; culturewar; gayrightsprotest; gaystapo; homosexualagenda; irish; irishcatholic; lavendermafia; stpatricksdayparade; waroncatholics; warrenwilhelm
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To: hinckley buzzard

This native New Yawker really despises De POSio.

As an ItaloAmerican, whose father was an FDNY fireman, I am dismayed that DePOSio decided to take the Italian surname of his mother.


21 posted on 02/04/2014 3:08:28 PM PST by paterfamilias
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To: Olog-hai

No big loss-—the parade will go on just fine without the big leftist lunkhead.


22 posted on 02/04/2014 3:15:21 PM PST by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: paterfamilias

I’m similar to you—ex NY’er of Italian heritage. Wilhelm is a faux ethnic paisano. We don’t force our Italian banners to be displayed on St Pats Day and the Irish respect ours as well. The real problems with militant gays is they don’t respect or honor others boundaries. They host plenty of Gay Pride parades of their own. I salute the organizers of the St. Pats parade-—scrooge militant gays and their Wilhelms supporters.


23 posted on 02/04/2014 3:29:02 PM PST by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: Olog-hai
I wonder what would happen if pro life and pro traditional marriage groups petitioned the organizers of the gay pride parade to march in their parade - think they would be allowed?

Tolerance is a one way street for these fascists.

24 posted on 02/04/2014 3:39:27 PM PST by capydick (''Life's tough.......it's even tougher if you're stupid.'')
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To: capydick

What if the pro-like/pro-traditional folks march in the St. Pat’s parade instead?

Win-win, IMO.


25 posted on 02/04/2014 3:51:31 PM PST by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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To: elcid1970

That’s “pro-LIFE”.

Geez.......


26 posted on 02/04/2014 3:52:11 PM PST by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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To: Olog-hai
nobody wants his wretched azz there anyway...
27 posted on 02/04/2014 3:52:21 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Olog-hai
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will not be marching in the nation’s largest St. Patrick’s Day parade, deciding to skip one of his city’s signature celebrations because the event organizers refuse to let participants carry pro-gay signs.

He will be missed. Commie prick.

28 posted on 02/04/2014 3:54:51 PM PST by USS Alaska (If I could...I would.)
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To: Olog-hai
Well isn't that interesting. I thought all communists loved parades.

Speaking of communists, is Castro dead yet?

5.56mm

29 posted on 02/04/2014 3:58:12 PM PST by M Kehoe
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To: USS Alaska

Loved your comment. Thanks for the laugh!


30 posted on 02/04/2014 4:04:12 PM PST by stilloftyhenight (Unite in the primary to unseat RINOs...staying home isn't an option.)
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To: Olog-hai
I can actually respect his honesty.

One of his predecessors (David Dinkins, I believe) tried to cancel the parade (by refusing to issue a parade permit) as a way to enforce compliance with the Homosexual Reich in New York City.

Someone at the time did some legal research and learned something remarkable: Because the parade had been held on an annual basis for more than a certain number of years (50 or 100, I believe), the parade's organizers weren't even required by law to get any permission at all from the city government to hold the event.

31 posted on 02/04/2014 4:07:53 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
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To: morphing libertarian

See #31. That will not happen, and I’m sure he’s already looked into it.


32 posted on 02/04/2014 4:08:58 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
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To: Alberta's Child

wow. I like the last part.

This guy will try anything to lift up HIS people.


33 posted on 02/04/2014 4:11:54 PM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: Olog-hai

de Blasio’s background is not Irish...

de Blasio is his mother’s name...her parents were Italian immigrants..

His real name was William Wilhelm Junior and his father also named William Wilhelm had German ancestors...

but what mayor of NYC regardless of ancestors wouldn’t be involved in the St Paddy’s Day parade...

why its not American !!!


34 posted on 02/04/2014 4:16:31 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Olog-hai

"We'll take the fruits and the bull dykes but we don't want the Irish!"

35 posted on 02/04/2014 4:18:22 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: morphing libertarian
"denied a permit"

You can be sure he and his flunkies in the legal department are working hard on it.

36 posted on 02/04/2014 4:18:40 PM PST by driftless2
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To: Olog-hai

I think the parade got the better part of that deal.


37 posted on 02/04/2014 4:40:34 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: katnip

“When that happens the Irish Christians that organize it will no longer do so and that great parade as we know it will end.”

I believe when this first arose years ago the pipe bands simply weren’t going to show up if the city didn’t support the Ancient Order of Hibernians (the holders of the permit). Guess the city saw no point in having a St. Patrick’s Day parade that looked more like a Caribbean Day parade...


38 posted on 02/04/2014 4:43:57 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: tflabo

Indeed. If anything, it will be an improvement without him.


39 posted on 02/04/2014 5:06:02 PM PST by ReformationFan
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To: nascarnation

The sponsor of the parade is the Hibernians, a Catholic group. Their policy is not to exclude homosexuals from marching. Rather, since they are Catholics, they don’t want to promote a behavior that they view as wrong. The Supreme Court upheld this as a First Amendment issue. Unfortunately, activists treat their sexuality not as a behavior but as something that’s part of their essence (a concept which has no basis in science). There’s an irony to all this, since DeBlasio’s wife used to be a lesbian.


40 posted on 02/04/2014 6:09:26 PM PST by joseph2 (One More)
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