It's tradition: 29th Gay Pride Parade

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | 7/1/02 | Ruth Teichroeb

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Snuggled in a backpack, the wide-eyed baby peered from beneath his red hat at the pageantry of yesterday's 29th annual Seattle Gay Pride Parade. "It's his first parade," said Pat Fremon, the adoptive father of 6-month-old Mark. "This might become a family tradition."

Seattle Fire Department battalion Chief Molly Douce bears the brunt of a fire extinguisher
wielded by Lt. Tracy Franks during the annual Gay Pride Parade on Capitol Hill.

Fremon and his partner, Tim Sheehy, who have been together 20 years, said they were happy to see so many gay and lesbian families at the Capitol Hill parade, which attracted about 100,000 people, according to parade organizers and police.

"It's a great way for the gay community to get together and see how diverse we are," Fremon said.

One mother said there's a "gayby boom" happening as more and more gay and lesbian couples become parents.

"I think it's because there's more acceptance," said Maria Aliza, as she held her 1-year-old son, Aiden.

"There's a lot more adoptions, and there are more options for creating families."

Known for its flamboyance, the parade's lineup of 114 groups began with a roar when 50 engine-gunning "dykes on bikes" zoomed down Broadway.

Other crowd pleasers included a towering blond transvestite, clad in a tight-blue miniskirt and red cape, who paused often for photos with admirers. Costumed hippies threw beaded necklaces from a float adorned with a "peace, love and Viagra" banner.

Macks Leger escorts a float operated by Red Light, a vintage clothing business with stores
on Capitol Hill and in the University District.

On the tamer side, a crew of female firefighters hammed it up alongside their firetruck.

"It's amazing how many different groups are here," said Danita Lopez, who was attending the parade for the first time.

"It's pretty cool to see the Fire Department out there."

Ilyse and Greg Wagner pushed their 1-year-old daughter Shayna in a stroller, joining the parade as part of the "Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays" group.

"We want to show our support for people who don't get a lot of that," said Ilyse, who worked with gay teenagers while teaching high school.

"It's the one group that people think they can still discriminate against."

The two-day event began Saturday with speakers, booths and a dance stage in Volunteer Park, and culminated with the parade.

"To a lot of people, it's just a party," said Jim Coburn, co-chairman of the Freedom Day Committee that organized the event. "We can celebrate the progress, but there's still a long way to go."

Legalizing marriages of same-sex partners is a priority for Coburn and many others in the gay community.

"We want people to realize that other than who we love, we're just like everyone else," Coburn said.

The gay community has come a long way from the days when the only way to find companionship was at an underground bar, said Charles Fuchs, a college English teacher from Seattle.

"I grew up on a farm in Nebraska where there was nothing like this," said Fuchs, with his longtime partner Richard Jost at his side. He and Jost are adoptive grandparents to the baby Fremon and Sheehy are raising.

"For these guys to have a child -- that was unthinkable in my generation," Fuchs said.

Seattle's celebration was echoed in cities across the nation. Hundreds of thousands of people took part in gay pride parades in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Minneapolis and San Francisco.

In San Francisco, Alice Hoglan was expected to march in support of her son, Mark Bingham, who was believed to have helped thwart the terrorists on Sept. 11 aboard Flight 93.

The pride parades commemorate the Stonewall riots of 1969, when patrons of a gay bar in Greenwich Village in New York City fought back against a police raid.

Link to article HERE.

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One mother said there's a "gayby boom" happening as more and more gay and lesbian couples become parents.

"I think it's because there's more acceptance," said Maria Aliza, as she held her 1-year-old son, Aiden.

"There's a lot more adoptions, and there are more options for creating families."

Aa perverse sickness has permeated our society.
And to think, decent families are being taxed to pay for this.

"For these guys to have a child -- that was unthinkable in my generation," Fuchs said.

It still is, Mr. Fuchs, it still is.

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Cultural meltdown ping.

[Lib-Lickers 2]

I can't even contemplate saying "I'm proud to be a sodomite",,,,,,,,if it wasn't such a sad situation for the human race I would LMAO at hearing it said!

[SpinyNorman]

Imagine the outcry and gnashing of teeth that would result from an analogous "Straight Pride Parade!"

P.S. The Freudian implications of Molly Douce getting hosed down by Tracy Franks are obvious and blatant. Can anyone say "penis envy?"

[Salman]

I can't even contemplate saying "I'm proud to be a sodomite"...

Neither can they. That's why they call themselves "gay".

[FreedomFriend]

Seattle's celebration was echoed in cities across the nation. Hundreds of thousands of people took part in gay pride parades in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Minneapolis and San Francisco

Yeah, more of the obsession with unnormalcy. More glorifying of a disgusting and deadly lifestyle. Yes, Atlanta's paper is no different with their constant praise of homosexuality.

[FreedomFriend]

One mother said there's a "gayby boom" happening as more and more gay and lesbian couples become parents.

"I think it's because there's more acceptance," said Maria Aliza, as she held her 1-year-old son, Aiden.

This is sad, not to mention sick. These poor kids, they're more than likely going to grow up confused and very probable become a homosexual. What these people are doing is committing child abuse, and the courts should step in like they would if a child were being sexually or physically (not a pat on the butt) abused.

[Odyssey-x]

They're here, they're queer, we don't care. I live near San Francisco and a lot of people around here don't really care that they are having a freaking parade. The whole thing has just gotten utterly dull and is not even shocking anymore. I think most people are about as interested in knowing about their sodmoistic ways as they are about hearing/watching some gruesome surgery.

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Half-a-Million crowd San Francisco route of Gay Pride Parade

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You got close to a million of those peckerwoods in your neighborhood and you "don't care"?!!

[Camber-G]

That's what I say. It's been going on for probably over a decade even here in Boise Idaho. Big whoop. You're acting like you just discovered something new.

[Peter Libra]

I have bookmarked WORLD NET DAILY. (WND). On accessing this, as I do,every day ,it seems that a number of the contributors are saying one thing about many homosexuals, to whit- They are after the kids . Sadly and very sadly, it seems that some of these perverts have Got the kids . I have read somewhere these words. "Suffer little children to come unto me, for they are of the kingdom of heaven"- sorry if it isnt absolutely accurate. I reached back to my child hood in school, for that. The appalling truth of what is going on, prevents one from making jokes at the expense of these absolute rotters. At least they could leave the innocent out of it. I will not cease to jeer at them- come what may. Thanks for the information.

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You're acting like you just discovered something new.

Not really.
It just makes me wanna puke everytime I see it.
Can't help it.

[LadyDoc]

There is a 6 year average wait for heterosexual couple trying to adopt babies and toddlers, so why do we read so often about gays with tiny babies?

This is especially true since most overseas countries would deny gays to adopt their kids: even if the gays pretended they were merely single, most countries only place "hard to place" (i.e. older or handicapped) children with single parents.

Anyone working in social service know the answer?

[IronJack]

gay and lesbian families

There's no such thing, any more than there's a "satanic church" or "dehydrated water." The key components, the sine qua non's of "family" are missing.

But it's interesting to note that the perverts seem to be concentrating on that angle. Apparently the new spin is that homos make great parents, and that sodomy is fun for the whole family.

[ethical]

Shame on the fire department. And were they trying a lesbian version of a wet t-shit contest on the empyoyee of the month there? I wonder if she had a bra on.

[BikerNYC]

Imagine the outcry and gnashing of teeth that would result from an analogous "Straight Pride Parade!"

In New York, that would be the St. Patrick's Day Parade.

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Homosexuals have probably infiltrated social services and are deliberately directing innocent children to homosexuals for adoption and for foster care. They did the same thing when they wanted to get homosexual affirming curricula into public schools, homosexuals comprise a disproportinate number of public school teachers compared to their general numbers. They do the same thing when they want to take over a neighborhood. Homosexuals dominate certain real estate agencys. Once they have targeted a neighborhood they ensure that heterosexuals never have a successful bid but homosexuals do. Once a neighborhood has gone "homo" it continues down that path because heterosexuals hear about it and don't want to live there but in the beginning it is quite literally a hostile takeover and I am sure against the law.

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Oh my gosh. I previewed that too. I meant to say "wet t-shirt".

[jackd]

What is even sicker is the thought that since pedophile edophilia is a "natural" occurance in this sub-culture, the "father" will probably rape the child when he is about 5 years old. This satisfies their (the pedophiles) insatiable lust for self justification by "reproducing" one of their own kind. Since statistics show (and everyone knows what you can do with statistics) that as many as 9 out of ten child rape victims become homosexual, if raped by the same sex, his actions will produce a true "homosexual offspring."

Don't just comment on this disease, fight it! Debate it! Do everything in your power to stop this deadly perversion from continuing to spread.

It is always a pleasure reading the freeper reactions to this sickness. May we all succeed in exposing this sub-culture for what it truly is, predatory.