They want another public forum to shove their sexuality down people’s throat....Or something else.
A what if situation:
Westboro Baptist: We want to march in your Boston Gay Pride Parade
Parade organizer: We don’t want you in and there’s a 1997 Supreme Court decision that says we can’t.
Westboro Baptist: Outrageous! We’ll sue!
Parade organizer: You won’t have a case. Tell you what, you can march provided you don’t have any banners or signs.
Westboro Baptist: Really? Well in that case never mind.
We only march when we have banners and signs with us.
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Sound familiar? It’s what happened with Mass Equality and this parade. And maybe in an above situation a bar can say,
“We will stop selling (XXX) beer because they pulled their support from the gay pride parade after the organizers wouldn’t allow WBC in.” And note WBC’s real purpose: a political message. If they’re told you can march just no banners or signs, it’s... “never mind”...
For the life of me, I do not understand what “rights” these people want. They can get married, they can live together, for the most part, great occupations, good education, they can adopt or have children. They can live wherever they want. No one stops them from voting, attending church, the list goes on. Do they want a parade float allowing them to demonstrate their sexual proclivities?