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Gays Bent on Crashing St. Patrick's Day Parade
http://www.newsmax.com ^ | Marhch 12, 2014 | Bill Donohue

Posted on 03/12/2014 8:23:22 AM PDT by NKP_Vet

On June 19, 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade was a privately run operation that could write its own rules for participation.

Writing for the high court, Justice David Souter noted that gays and lesbians had never been barred from marching in the parade; they were banned from marching under their own banners. The court's unanimous ruling was a victory for the First Amendment right to freedom of assembly.

Once this decision was reached, gay and lesbian groups in many cities, including New York, were angry, and some tried, unsuccessfully, to march without a permit on the same day as the big parade.

The protests quickly fizzled: Only a very small contingent of gays and lesbians showed up in subsequent years. Now the fight has been rekindled, thanks to New York Mayor Bill de Blasio: He is not marching in the parade because gays and lesbians can't march under their own banner. Other public officials have followed suit.

It must be noted that the organizers of the parade, the St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee, do not allow pro-life Catholics to march under their own banners. Nor are NRA Catholics allowed. But just as gays can march, so can pro-lifers and NRA members; they simply must blend in like everyone else. No one feels victimized save for homosexuals.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; parade; stpatricksday
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To: NKP_Vet

If any of these degenerates show up at the parade in their ranbow tutus, a handy group of good ‘ole Irish lads should show them the working end of a shillelagh.


21 posted on 03/12/2014 8:52:25 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: NKP_Vet

“Mayor Bill de Blasio...is not marching in the parade because gays and lesbians can’t march under their own banner.”

Sounds like a win-win to me.


22 posted on 03/12/2014 8:54:22 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.)
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To: IronJack
should show them the working end of a shillelagh.

Are you willing to pay their legal bills after they are jailed and go on trial for committing a "hate crime" assault?

23 posted on 03/12/2014 8:55:06 AM PDT by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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To: Viennacon
***Here’s hoping a gang of drunk Irish bring crowbars!***


24 posted on 03/12/2014 8:55:11 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: NKP_Vet

Only homosexuals are so aggressive to see their “inclusion.”

Do Irish demand to march in the Chinese New Year parade?

Do anti-abortionists demand to be represented at Marathons?

Do engineers demand special exhibits at art shows?

Who else does this? Theirs is truly mental illness covered with leftist ideology. A terrible mix.


25 posted on 03/12/2014 8:55:48 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: NKP_Vet

26 posted on 03/12/2014 8:55:50 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: NKP_Vet
What's all the fuss? I thought there were only two Irish gay guys:

Patrick Fitzgerald and Gerald Fitzpatrick

27 posted on 03/12/2014 9:00:14 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: NKP_Vet
Prime time for Catholics to educate people about St. Patrick's Day. Most think it is all about drinking, shamrocks, and leprechauns.
28 posted on 03/12/2014 9:02:41 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: I want the USA back

> If they were really proud they wouldn’t do all this. They would leave normal people alone.

They’re cloaking their real reason. They just want to be around a lot of drunk men in hopes they’ll get lucky...


29 posted on 03/12/2014 9:03:47 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Dilbert San Diego

It’s purely to challenge everyone in every corner at every opportunity. They just want to weed out anybody that is against them and protest discrimination...bully tactics.

Ultimately, it’s because of their need for affirmation of their lifestyle, they’re insecure and being in everyone’s face in public (forcing them to shut up) makes them feel empowered.


30 posted on 03/12/2014 9:04:21 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: NKP_Vet

I work nearby and generally stop by during lunch hour. I will be skipping it this year. Have no desire to watch them parading and swish around in their green boas.


31 posted on 03/12/2014 9:07:02 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: V_TWIN

What is the name of the movie. I think I missed it.


32 posted on 03/12/2014 9:08:04 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: Travis McGee

The chilling truth.


33 posted on 03/12/2014 9:09:24 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: mountn man

I don’t remember if he lives through the movie or not. Its one of those where only a handful survive though. Rather appropriate for nineteenth century organized crime.


34 posted on 03/12/2014 9:11:56 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: ScottinVA
There is no more angry a sector of the populace than homosexuals.

They certainly have no sense of humor about their condition.

35 posted on 03/12/2014 9:13:19 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
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To: Maine Mariner

http://www.amazon.com/Gangs-New-York-Leonardo-DiCaprio/dp/B006RXQ800/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1394640853&sr=1-1&keywords=the+gangs+of+new+york

The Gangs Of New York.


36 posted on 03/12/2014 9:14:37 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: NKP_Vet

They need to be careful. Some of the old NORAID types can give a good Irish Kneecapping and also know how to keep their mouths shut when the cops come.


37 posted on 03/12/2014 9:18:41 AM PDT by Darren McCarty (Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
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To: ThomasMore

Not a bad movie despite DiCaprio who fits the part of an Irishman as much as I do a Sicillian, but it’s not historically accurate.


38 posted on 03/12/2014 9:22:32 AM PDT by Darren McCarty (Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
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To: NKP_Vet

If we could use some other term other than “gays bent” it would be appreciated.


39 posted on 03/12/2014 9:24:20 AM PDT by inpajamas (http://outskirtspress.com/ONE)
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To: NKP_Vet

“Gays Bent on Crashing St. Patrick’s Day Parade”

I don’t think the Dropkick Murphy types will approve.


40 posted on 03/12/2014 9:30:36 AM PDT by Mashood
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