“Somehow I doubt Donahue showing up at some gay pride parade meeting was going to be about “how to assemble.””
I suspect that’s exactly what this meeting was. I’ve been involved with a number of parades, both as a parade organizer and as a liaison to groups marching in the parade, and these meetings are standard fare in nearly every parade.
Have you ever been at a meeting surrounded by angry gay male activists? Well, I have, and it’s not about “let’s all meet at 86th Street and Madison Avenue.” Bill Donahue has a long history of battling angry gays over their evil behavior towards various Catholic churches in the city. It would have been a perfect opportunity for them to attack him and/or “reeducate” him.
I have no doubt that if Bill Donahue was not a part of this parade, it might have been a straight-forward logistical meeting. Pun, unintended.