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Prison officer can march in gay pride parade, in uniform
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 6/7/11 | Marisa Lagos, Capitol Insider

Posted on 06/07/2011 9:02:07 PM PDT by SmithL

Prison officials have decided that participation in a gay pride parade is not on par with "entering a tavern, gambling hall, or nightclub." They also seem to be saying that participating a gay pride parade isn't a political statement.

That appears to be the takeaway, anyway, from an announcement prison officials made today in which they said that a prison guard will be allowed to wear his uniform in the annual gay pride parade in Los Angeles.

A little background: Andrew Johnson, a correctional officer at the California Institution for Women in Chino, Calif. asked and was denied permission to march in the West Hollywood gay pride parade this Sunday in his work uniform. But after he hired celebrity attorney Gloria Allred, the department abruptly changed course.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: granolastate

1 posted on 06/07/2011 9:02:10 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

My father would be rolling over in his grave, except he was creamated.


2 posted on 06/07/2011 9:04:46 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier currently deployed in the Valley of Death, Afghanistan)
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To: SmithL

If he could just carry a tune sing, “YMCA”, during the parade.


3 posted on 06/07/2011 9:08:07 PM PDT by dog breath
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4 posted on 06/07/2011 9:10:02 PM PDT by Brandonmark (News Coverage)
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To: SmithL

Behaviors which create disease and dysfunction and narcissism and other anti-social behaviors should never be encouraged. These irrational people are part of the cabal to destroy civil society by glorifying nihilism.

Ayn Rand said it best, “....such dedication to the destruction of values!”


5 posted on 06/07/2011 9:11:22 PM PDT by savagesusie
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To: SmithL

Swell...


6 posted on 06/07/2011 9:17:13 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FreeRepublic.com. Now, More Than Ever.)
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To: SmithL

How about a White Pride or Aryan Nation march? Is that fine, too?


7 posted on 06/07/2011 9:26:54 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: SmithL

A gay prison guard - I bet he is popular in the joint.


8 posted on 06/07/2011 9:36:51 PM PDT by PGR88 (I'm so open-minded my brains fell out)
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To: PGR88

Women’s prison.


9 posted on 06/07/2011 9:52:53 PM PDT by BuckyKat (Green = the new red)
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To: SmithL

Ridiculous, but after all......... it is Fairyland.


10 posted on 06/07/2011 9:57:26 PM PDT by Gator113 ("GAME ON." I'll be voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
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To: SmithL

Is his uniform accented with pink and purple highlights?


11 posted on 06/07/2011 10:06:40 PM PDT by jongaltsr (It)
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To: SmithL

Is his uniform accented with pink and purple highlights?


12 posted on 06/07/2011 10:06:51 PM PDT by jongaltsr (It)
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I think it’s a Photoshop job. Look at the shadows of his legs.


13 posted on 06/07/2011 10:23:31 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: SmithL

-FABULOUS-


14 posted on 06/07/2011 10:55:44 PM PDT by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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