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NY mayor to march in St. Pat's parade after gay ban dropped
Associated Press ^ | Mar. 2, 2016 5:42 PM EST | Jonathan Lemire

Posted on 03/02/2016 2:55:22 PM PST by Olog-hai

Mayor Bill de Blasio is ending a two-year boycott of the nation's largest St. Patrick's Day parade now that it has fully dropped its longstanding ban on allowing gay and lesbian groups to march under their own banners.

De Blasio, a first-term Democrat, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that for the first time he will take part in the parade along Manhattan's Fifth Avenue on St. Patrick's Day, March 17. He skipped the parade in 2014, when no gay groups were allowed to openly march, and he skipped again last year, when only one small lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender group was permitted.

"The St. Patrick's Day Parade is a New York City tradition, but for years Irish LGBT New Yorkers could not show their pride," de Blasio told the AP a day ahead of a planned formal announcement. "Finally, they can celebrate their heritage by marching in a parade that now represents progress and equality." ...

(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; US: New York
KEYWORDS: deblasio; homosexualagenda; nyc; stpatricksdayparade
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1 posted on 03/02/2016 2:55:22 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Is Bishop Dolan going to wear a rainbow stole with complimentary garments?


2 posted on 03/02/2016 2:59:04 PM PST by pleasenotcalifornia
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To: Olog-hai

Suppose they give a parade, and nobody goes?


3 posted on 03/02/2016 3:02:01 PM PST by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: Olog-hai

I really don’t understand the NYC gay ban. After all, aren’t most New York Irish queerer than a three-dollar bill?


4 posted on 03/02/2016 3:02:19 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: Olog-hai

Public fellatio rules!
Public sodomy rules!
Bring your children (...please!)


5 posted on 03/02/2016 3:03:07 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

Dude!

My Irish background came thru NY
and NO!
We ain’t queer.

Wanna fight about it?


6 posted on 03/02/2016 3:04:43 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: Olog-hai

More o’ them thar New York Values ...


7 posted on 03/02/2016 3:05:49 PM PST by NorthMountain (A plague o' both your houses.)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

Disgusting.


8 posted on 03/02/2016 3:06:09 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Olog-hai

He’ll probably be late,because he smokes a lot of pot with his family at nite.


9 posted on 03/02/2016 3:07:07 PM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: Olog-hai
Finally, they can celebrate their heritage ....

Heritage?? Since when in a mental anomaly equivalent to heritage?

10 posted on 03/02/2016 3:08:02 PM PST by NewHampshireDuo
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To: MIchaelTArchangel
I believe that your namesake would disapprove of smarmy, slimy insinuations and accusations disguised as questions.

Speaking for myself only, I find your comment ... and by extension you, yourself ... contemptible.

11 posted on 03/02/2016 3:08:10 PM PST by NorthMountain (A plague o' both your houses.)
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To: Olog-hai

he won’t march, he’ll sashay.


12 posted on 03/02/2016 3:09:15 PM PST by SparkyBass
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To: NorthMountain

Post #11 - I find your comment ... and by extension you, yourself ... contemptible.

Agreed.


13 posted on 03/02/2016 3:12:09 PM PST by heterosupremacist ("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Olog-hai
When is the name of "that" parade going to be changed?

St Patrick's ?

NO WAY

The local bishop is very upset?

14 posted on 03/02/2016 3:13:14 PM PST by TYVets
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To: All

Another institution ruined by the left.


15 posted on 03/02/2016 3:13:41 PM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Olog-hai

You’ll bark in Hell for that one, scumbag.


16 posted on 03/02/2016 3:18:55 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: Olog-hai

What does sodomy have to do with St. Patrick’s Day ?


17 posted on 03/02/2016 3:19:43 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: dsc

In case it’s not clear, I was talking to de Blasio.


18 posted on 03/02/2016 3:21:39 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: Olog-hai

In a PINK Kilt?


19 posted on 03/02/2016 3:23:44 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: pleasenotcalifornia

Bishop Dolan could wear the Irish flag considering the Irish people voted for “gay marriage”.


20 posted on 03/02/2016 3:31:15 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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