I've never heard of Philadelphia, MS, but the dateline for the article is Tupelo, MS. Also, on another thread on this topic, they mentioned that it was Philadelphia MS.
I'm going to withhold judgement until I find out exactly what was going on.
Philadelphia MISSISSIPPI had a gay pride day?? I must have missed it.
As far as I know, The American Family Association Center for Law & Policy is headquartered in Tupelo MS and that might be the confusing point.