Gay rights issue resolved, New York mayor joins in St. Patrick's parade

[Gerald]

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ended his two-year boycott of the annual St. Patrick's Day parade on Thursday, joining in the world's largest celebration of Irish heritage after organizers opened the event up to all openly LGTB marchers.

De Blasio took part in the parade up Manhattan's Fifth Avenue for the first time since his election after organizers agreed to allow a second lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender group to march under its own banner.

For years organizers excluded LGBT groups from marching under banners identifying their sexual orientation, drawing the ire of critics who said the policy amounted to discrimination.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stpatricks-idUSKCN0WJ1CC

I thought this gay talk was over then past.:o

Note: 2016-03-17

[Betonov]

As long as they have fun and hold hands and not banners.
They have their pride parade for that.

[Aktungbby]

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ended his two-year boycott of the annual St. Patrick's.... For years organizers excluded LGBT groups from marching under banners identifying their sexual orientation, drawing the ire of critics who said the policy amounted to discrimination. ...should be " Eire of critics" imho:shucks: http://www.emoticonplace.com/images/leprechaun.gif

[Platapus]

Yeah, because there has never been a homosexual person ever in Ireland. :nope:

I am glad they opened up the parade.

Does not affect me, probably did not affect any of the other participants either.

[Skybird]

Wikipedia:

"
Legend credits St. Patrick with teaching the Irish about the doctrine of the Holy Trinity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Trinity) by showing people the shamrock (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamrock), a three-leafed plant, using it to illustrate the Christian teaching of three persons in one God.[70] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick#cite_note-70)[71] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick#cite_note-71) This story first appears in writing in 1726, though it may be older. The shamrock has since become a central symbol for St Patrick's Day.
In pagan Ireland, three was a significant number and the Irish had many triple deities (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_deity), a fact that may have aided St Patrick in his evangelisation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelism) efforts when he "held up a shamrock and discoursed on the Christian Trinity".[72] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick#cite_note-Monaghan2009-72)[73] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick#cite_note-Hegarty2012-73) Patricia Monaghan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Monaghan) says there is no evidence that the shamrock was sacred to the pagan Irish.[72] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick#cite_note-Monaghan2009-72) However, Jack Santino (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Santino) speculates that it may have represented the regenerative powers of nature, and was recast in a Christian context. Icons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icon) of St Patrick often depict the saint "with a cross (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_cross) in one hand and a sprig of shamrocks in the other".[74] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick#cite_note-Santino1995-74) Roger Homan writes, "We can perhaps see St Patrick drawing upon the visual concept of the triskele (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_spiral) when he uses the shamrock to explain the Trinity".


What has this to do with explicit display and marching of pro gay activists...? Because i strongly assume that before, gay men marched as well, were just not allowed to turn it into an activist event show with flags and banners (haven't they CSD for that?). It seems that was not good enough, and a deliberate display of activist action must be made of it.



One could as well turn christmas into a deliberate demonstration of lets say pro or against abortion. No christmas celebration and trees as long as the event does not get politicised for or against abortion. Because abortion activists pro or against also have their rights to be seen and heard! (but why their poster under a >>christmas tree<< ...?)



Abortion has nothign to do with christmas and Santa Claus. :-? And gay rights has nothing to do with St Patricks day.



More pushing of stuff down our throats, if you ask me. Hijacking the one event for the purpose of something totally different.



Idiotic.

[Cybermat47]

More pushing of stuff down our throats, if you ask me. Hijacking the one event for the purpose of something totally different.



Idiotic.

So you're a Catholic who was planning to attend the New York St. Patrick's day parade?

I mean, unless this directly affects you mate, just ignore it. I've found that it helps when people with no impact on my life are doing things that annoy me. Plenty of better stuff to do instead :)

[Catfish]

So you're a Catholic who was planning to attend the New York St. Patrick's day parade?

Believing in, and practicing religion (like muslims) – unthinkable for a catholic :O::woot: