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To: EDINVA

No, my point is that the St. Patrick’s Day Parade has a religious basis and should be able to exclude those who oppose the faith.

Gay pride is political and and cannot exclude based on political opinion.


52 posted on 03/20/2014 1:30:23 PM PDT by Oliviaforever
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To: Oliviaforever

It would appear the SCOTUS disagrees with you unanimously.
“Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston” Wikipedia
“Justice Souter delivered the unanimous opinion of the court on June 19, 1995.[32] He reasoned that, even though the Council did not have a narrow, set message that it was intending to convey, the parade nevertheless constituted a message that the Council had a right to protect.[33] Noting that the Council had been fairly unrestrictive in its guidelines for determining which groups to allow to participate in the parade, he said this did not necessarily mean that the Council waived its right to present its message in a way it saw fit. He wrote: “One important manifestation of the principle of free speech is that one who chooses to speak may also decide what not to say”.[34]”


54 posted on 03/20/2014 1:41:41 PM PDT by BilLies (330,000 WHITE Union military went to their deaths to free the slaves .... REALLY???!!!)
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To: Oliviaforever

The parade is not a religious event. It celebrates a religious person and a particular ethnic group’s heritage. You’re giving the left, the gays, the atheists entirely too much ammo!


65 posted on 03/20/2014 6:01:11 PM PDT by EDINVA
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