Posted on 09/03/2014 6:11:42 AM PDT by artichokegrower
Organizers of the world's largest St. Patrick's Day Parade say they're ending a ban and allowing a gay group to march under its own banner for the first time.
The prohibition on identified gay groups in the centuries-old New York parade had made participation a political issue. Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio refused to march this year, and Guinness beer dropped its sponsorship.
(Excerpt) Read more at montereyherald.com ...
There is a rather prominent homosexual buried in St. John’s (Robert Mapplethorpe).
Whatya want me to do about it? I know nothing about Mapplethorpe’s faith or is final moments.
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