[duckman]

“....Normal Street...”

WTF?

[massmike]

AIDS Avenue WOULD be more appropriate.....

[ml/nj]

“....Normal Street...” WTF?

We have a "Normal Avenue" near here. It runs by what is now called Montclair State University. I think it used to be called Montclair State Teachers' College but its first name was The New Jersey State Normal School at Montclair.

Normal School used to be the common way to refer to teachers' colleges, and so my guess is that this particular "Normal Street" also ran by a teachers' college.

ML/NJ

[ansel12]

I was at the parade (still have the T-shirt) one year as a part of "The Normal People" we were testing homosexuals on tolerance since they always insisted the Catholics include them in their St Patrick's day parade.

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.