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New York and Boston mayors plan to boycott St Patrick’s Day parades over ban on gay marchers
Pink News ^ | 2/13/14 | Scott Roberts

Posted on 02/13/2014 12:29:12 PM PST by Libloather

The mayors of New York and Boston both plan to snub St Patrick’s Day parades in their respective cities because organisers continue to ban gay people from marching.

The Mayor of New York, Bill De Blasio, said he plans to boycott the parade because of the exclusion of LGBT groups. He is the first New York mayor in about 20 years to do so.

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh has also vowed to boycott the South Boston St Patrick’s Day Parade if organisers do not reconsider allowing members of the LGBT community to march.

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KEYWORDS: boston; mayors; ny; parade
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It's now a family-friendly event?
1 posted on 02/13/2014 12:29:13 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

If I were the parade organisers, I’d be thrilled that he’s staying away.


2 posted on 02/13/2014 12:30:44 PM PST by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: Libloather

Yes...in both cases it improves the character of the parade!


3 posted on 02/13/2014 12:31:59 PM PST by pgkdan
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Maybe they prefer marchers that can behave themselves and show up fully clothed? Gays have a hard time with that.


4 posted on 02/13/2014 12:32:20 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: Libloather

Sounds to me like a win-win scenario!


5 posted on 02/13/2014 12:32:41 PM PST by circlecity
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To: Libloather

Well, St. Patty’s will certainly smell a lot better.


6 posted on 02/13/2014 12:33:02 PM PST by Dr. Thorne ("How long, O Lord, holy and true?" - Rev. 6:10)
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To: Libloather

Just to clarify, the AOH (the NY parade organizers) do not ban homosexuals from marching in the parade. They are prohibited from carrying a banner denoting their homosexuality in the parade.

The press likes to leave out little details like this.


7 posted on 02/13/2014 12:34:24 PM PST by NoKoolAidforMe (I'm clinging to my God and my guns. You can keep the change.)
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To: Libloather

They will not be missed.


8 posted on 02/13/2014 12:34:25 PM PST by mort56
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To: pgkdan

So were back to no Irish need apply? Mayors are saying the beliefs of one group are more important then another?

What happened to the 14th amendment that government must treat all equal?


9 posted on 02/13/2014 12:35:00 PM PST by edcoil ( "All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone." - Blaise Pascal)
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To: Libloather
The mayors of New York and Boston both plan to snub St Patrick’s Day parades in their respective cities because organisers continue to ban gay people from marching.

Total lie. I imagine quite a few gay people will march in both parades. What will not be allowed is yet another tiresome demonstration demanding that everyone celebrate sodomy.

10 posted on 02/13/2014 12:35:23 PM PST by madprof98
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11 posted on 02/13/2014 12:35:43 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Libloather

Saint Patrick’s day is for the Gaelics not for the gay licks.


12 posted on 02/13/2014 12:35:44 PM PST by forgotten man
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To: Libloather

Sounds like everybody wins.


13 posted on 02/13/2014 12:36:19 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Libloather

> Bill De Blasio, said he plans to boycott the parade because of the exclusion of LGBT groups.

Politicians and their promises. Let’s hope this one is true.


14 posted on 02/13/2014 12:36:32 PM PST by ArcadeQuarters (Starve the RINOs: Not one dollar, not one vote.)
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To: Libloather

I’m sure they would be allowed to march if they put clothes on and stopped the public sex acts. Oh the defection and urination on fellow marchers would be better left at home.


15 posted on 02/13/2014 12:37:15 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Libloather

Um, what does the parade have to do with sex? Oh that’s right, libs just want to practice fascism again.


16 posted on 02/13/2014 12:37:57 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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To: Libloather

Disgusting. New York’s Mayor Wilhelm (who at some point took a family name, de Blasio, because he thought it’d be a better seller) is not of Irish descent, but the Boston mayor certainly is.

Why is everything now all about gays, who are 2% or 3% of the population, all the time, every hour of the day, every day of the year?


17 posted on 02/13/2014 12:38:09 PM PST by livius
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Why do they keep calling him “Bill De Blasio” ?? His real name is Warren Wilhelm. He just changed it like all Marxists do. Like Stalin did, Lenin, Obama, Castro, Chavez, on and on and on. I think the only Marxist who never did was Lee Harvey Oswald.


18 posted on 02/13/2014 12:40:53 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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To: Libloather

Look, there is no ban on “gay marchers” who look, dress and act like everyone else


19 posted on 02/13/2014 12:41:18 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: livius

Because the fascists are hell bent on destroying the family unit. Just wait, they’ll start outlawing straight marriage.


20 posted on 02/13/2014 12:42:39 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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