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Is this a TIT FOR TAT, or gay intolerance?
Bill Donohue comments on his exchange with officials from New Yorks Heritage of Pride parade:
For the past few days I have been engaged in an e-mail conversation with officials from the Heritage of Pride parade, New Yorks annual gay event; the dialogue has been cordial. I asked to join the parade under a banner that would read, Straight is Great. The purpose of my request was to see just how far they would go without forcing me to abide by their rules. It didnt take long before they did.
Today, I informed Heritage of Pride officials that I objected to their rule requiring me to attend gay training sessions, or what they call information sessions. I dont agree with your rule, I said. They responded by saying that attendance was mandatory.
The St. Patricks Day parade has mandatory rules, too. It bars groups representing their own cause from marching, which is why pro-life Catholicsnot just gaysare barred from participating under their own banner. But only gays complain: they refuse to abide by the rules. Indeed, they went into federal court seeking to force a rule change. They lost. In 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that private parades have a First Amendment right to determine their own rules.
It is hypocritical for gay activists to complain about having to abide by the mandatory rules of the St. Patricks Day parade, and then inform me that I cannot march in their parade unless I respect their mandatory rules, rules that I reject.
Good luck to the Heritage of Pride participants. I may be watching it from afar, but I sure wont be downing a Guinness afterwards.
GAY PRIDE PARADE WON'T BEND ITS RULES - Catholic League
Bill Donohue comments on his exchange with officials from New Yorks Heritage of Pride parade:
For the past few days I have been engaged in an e-mail conversation with officials from the Heritage of Pride parade, New Yorks annual gay event; the dialogue has been cordial. I asked to join the parade under a banner that would read, Straight is Great. The purpose of my request was to see just how far they would go without forcing me to abide by their rules. It didnt take long before they did.
Today, I informed Heritage of Pride officials that I objected to their rule requiring me to attend gay training sessions, or what they call information sessions. I dont agree with your rule, I said. They responded by saying that attendance was mandatory.
The St. Patricks Day parade has mandatory rules, too. It bars groups representing their own cause from marching, which is why pro-life Catholicsnot just gaysare barred from participating under their own banner. But only gays complain: they refuse to abide by the rules. Indeed, they went into federal court seeking to force a rule change. They lost. In 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that private parades have a First Amendment right to determine their own rules.
It is hypocritical for gay activists to complain about having to abide by the mandatory rules of the St. Patricks Day parade, and then inform me that I cannot march in their parade unless I respect their mandatory rules, rules that I reject.
Good luck to the Heritage of Pride participants. I may be watching it from afar, but I sure wont be downing a Guinness afterwards.
GAY PRIDE PARADE WON'T BEND ITS RULES - Catholic League