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The chairman of the nation's biggest St. Patrick's Day Parade marched Friday while sidestepping questions about remarks comparing gay Irish-American activists to neo-Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan and prostitutes. "Today is St. Patrick's Day. We celebrate our faith and heritage. Everything else is secondary," said the chairman, John Dunleavy, who wore a sash of the Irish colors. Dunleavy was blasted by the City Council's first openly gay leader for the remarks, which appeared in The Irish Times on Thursday. He told the newspaper, "If an Israeli group wants to march in New York, do you allow Neo-Nazis into their parade?...

Congratulations to juliej for organizing this and starting the thread. Actually, there has been a group going to this parade since 2000, when Hillary, Nadler, and every MSM camera in town were there. The politicians on parade today were Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, City Council President Quinn, Congressman Anthony Weiner, Queens Councilman John Liu, Eric Gioia, and John Tasini. There may have been others that we didn't spot.Freepers in attendance: firebrand, juliej, and Raquel. Also, nonfreepers Tom, Jesse, Ann G., Lifeboat Louie (the valiant savior of the unborn, among the many who served jail time for their rescue efforts),...

Please help us protest the ILGO all inclusive St. Pat's Day parade in Woodside, Queens on March 5, 2006 at 12:30 p.m. the no. 7 train to 46th Street in Queens. We will probably meet at 45th and Skillman Avenue. this "all inclusive" parade is an exercise in Christian bashing and bashing Pres. Bush. Signs at prior parades have read Free Mumia, Free Palestine, U.S. out of Iraq. Craven politicians who don't attend the Fifth Avenue parade show up at this one. This is nothing "inclusive" about this parade.