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Re: IRISH-AMERICAN BOSTON MAYOR SAYS NO TO MARCHING IN THE ST. PAT'S PARADE |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Sun Mar 16 20:30:31 2014, in response to Re: IRISH-AMERICAN BOSTON MAYOR SAYS NO TO MARCHING IN THE ST. PAT'S PARADE, posted by bingbong on Sun Mar 16 16:51:25 2014. "All these people seek is the right to march in an ethnic parade as the people they are."Whats your defination of "as they are"?? This is not a question about rights,its a question of priorities.. Study some Irish history & you'll learn that we had our turn on the recieving end of serious discrimination & denial of rights. We fought together, both gay & straight (I'm sure it was a we're in this together attitude weather they knew it or not) to achieve independence from the Union Jack & to show the world that we could do more than build the Lexington Ave subway. Nobody felt the need to advertise how they socalized when they went home. Why is that important now?? The parade is supposed to grant the participants the right of celebrating the Irish contribution to the development to American society & not their choice of a conjucial partner. Just why they insist that they have to proclaim to the world that they are gay tells the casual observer that their priorities are to parade their sexuality rather their sense of Irish pride. Its not about being gay or straight, its about being Irish & proud of it. Straight answer. And as for the AOH, like it or not, its their party, their rules. Don't like it, stay home. |
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