Gays barred from NYC St. Patricks parade, equated with nazis and KKK by parade boss

[mardigras]

The head of the St. Patrick's Day Parade ignited march madness yesterday when he likened letting gays participate to allowing neo-Nazis and the KKK to join other ethnic events.

"If an Israeli group wants to march in New York, do you allow neo-Nazis into their parade? If African-Americans are marching in Harlem, do they have to let the Ku Klux Klan into their parade?" the parade's chairman, John Dunleavy, was quoted as saying in an interview with The Irish Times.

Great analogy, 'cause we all know there's no such thing as Irish homosexuals

(City Council Speaker Christine) Quinn said she attempted unsuccessfully to strike a compromise with parade organizers that would have allowed gay New Yorkers to march with the City Council in an identifiable but respectful way.

...Before anyone brings up behavior from over-hyped pride parade footage often used by anti-gay factions to suggest represents typical behavior of all homosexuals...

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/sto...p-339207c.html

[SmokeyTheBear]

Originally Posted by mardigras

Great analogy, 'cause we all know there's no such thing as Irish homosexuals

haha what a dork that guy is. Thes the most idiotic correlation i have ever seen

nazi's are to jews as homo's are to st patricks day ..

[fetishblog]

Yet another pointless holiday.

[SmokeyTheBear]

Originally Posted by fetishblog

Yet another pointless holiday.

pointless ? i dont think so ..

St patricks day is to celebrate the great "trick a snake into a box and toss him in the sea" story..

[Doctor Dre]

If they didn't fuck up their parade like they are doing, they'd get accepted.

Wich holiday isn't pointless ... hell except birdthdays and new year (wich are pretty much pointless anyways), I don't see many exceptions.

[BoyAlley]

[mardigras]

Originally Posted by Doctor Dre

If they didn't fuck up their parade like they are doing, they'd get accepted.

Who says they fuck up their parade? Pat Robertson who loops a 10 second clip of some bump and grind for years while asking you to send in money?

[SmokeyTheBear]

Originally Posted by BoyAlley

[Donny]

Um, if a parade is being thrown to celebrate St. Patrick's day, why would gays think they should have the right to march in it and call attention to their own agenda?

If my son is having a birthday party, should I let the neighbor kid come over and celebrate something else entirely unrelated to my son's party?

"Hey, it's St. Patrick's day! We're gay!"

Huh? WTF?

[SmokeyTheBear]

Originally Posted by Donny

Um, if a parade is being thrown to celebrate St. Patrick's day, why would gays think they should have the right to march in it and call attention to their own agenda?

If my son is having a birthday party, should I let the neighbor kid come over and celebrate something else entirely unrelated to my son's party?

"Hey, it's St. Patrick's day! We're gay!"

Huh? WTF?

you mean like the shriners do ?

I understand your point, but usually parades are made up of all sorts of organizations with many seperate "agenda's" , all showing their support for st patricks day

[SmokeyTheBear]

if you look on the parade homepage you can clearly see the different organizations all with their own agendas ( including the irish gay and lesbians)

http://www.stpatsforall.com/

[mazdaman]

st patriks day is for alcohol



st patriks day is for alcohol

only

ok
no more discussion

end of story

[Phoenix]

i sorta agree...if you are thre pushing your own agenda...get lost...if you are thre to make the city a ahppier place for the day..then thatis something else....to many groups use public events to push their own agenda

[madawgz]

well that was fucking stupid