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Originally Posted by August
Well no they really aren't comparable unless you count momentary flashing of a breast to be the same as oral sex being performed right out there on the curb for everyone to see.
Point taken, but on the other hand would it be appropriate to have a tribute to the New England Patriots in the Dallas Cowboy parade? If gays want their own parade let them organize their own parade. They shouldn't be crashing that of others.
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Well, as you probably know I come from the part of Germany where Carnival is quite big, in fact we call it the fifth season of the year. So people here like to party. On Carnival you can see (drunk) couples performing sex in the late hours, not in the parade, but in bus stops, house entrances or in pub's bathrooms. However this view is much less common than drunkards beating the crap out of each other. I think that oral sex performances at gay parades are also an exception in the US and are certainly not endorsed by the organizers of the parade, alone for legal reasons.
So it is no coincidence that Cologne, which has the biggest carnival here, with more than a million spectators, also has the biggest Christopher Street day parade with several hundred thousand spectators, many of them non-gay, who come there and enjoy the party atmosphere and the wagons. Another number: The Rosenmontagszug 2011 (main day of carnival) had 150 wagons, the CSD in 2011 had 100.
And the gays do organize their own event, of course in coordination with the city which does their organization part (road closures, cleaning, safety, etc.) However both events, Carival and the gay parade are also a big financial gain regarding tourism.