Gay and Faithful Aren't Mutually Exclusive
Provocateur and professional loudmouth Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, has jumped into the fray over the exclusionary polices of the St. Patrick's Day parades in New York and Boston, promising to boycott Guinness and Samuel Adams beers. Then he added a new twist.
Donohue announced Wednesday that he has applied to march in June's LGBT pride parade in New York City, carrying a “Straight Is Great” banner.
“Are they going to let me do it or not? I’m waiting to see what they want to say,” Donohue said on the conservative Steve Malzberg Show. Donohue explained that parade rules require participants to carry pro-LGBT signs. “All right, you can disagree with their rules, but that’s their parade. Why don’t they respect us when it comes to the St. Patrick’s Day Parade?”
Pride parade organizers issued a brilliant response to Donohue's request. “Mr. Donohue and his group are free to participate in the 2014 March,” said David Studinski, march director for NYC Pride. “His group’s presence affirms the need for this year’s Pride theme, ‘We Have Won When We’re One.’ Straight is great — as long as there’s no hate.” Organizers provided him with instructions for using the parade's online registration system, while also pointing out his history of antigay rhetoric; read the full statement here.
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