Tag Archives: St. Patrick’s Day

Irish Queers Protest At NYC Parade

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Matt Baume On St. Patrick’s Day Parades

Clip recap: “Why does it matter whether or not gays are allowed to march in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade? Don’t they have enough parades of their own? Let’s talk about why gays and parades are such a big deal — and why this year’s parade is such an important change of pace from the 110 years that came before.”

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Bill Donohue Has The St. Patrick’s Day Parade Sadz: My Own People Did Me In

Start at the 3:00 mark.

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BOSTON: LGBT Groups March For First Time In St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Via the Boston Globe: History marched through South Boston on Sunday as gay organizations took their place for the first time in the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade. Joining them in front of hundreds of thousands of green-clad revelers was Mayor Martin J. Walsh, the first Boston chief executive to walk the route in two decades. “I’m very excited,” Walsh …

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VIRGINIA: Catholic Bishops Angry That Pro-Gay Gov Will Lead St. Patrick’s Parade

The Catholic bishops of Virgina have issued a joint statement denouncing (of all groups) the Knights of Columbus over their invitation for Gov. Terry McAuliffe to lead this year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. We are aware that the Knights of Columbus Council #3548 has extended an invitation to Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe to serve as Grand Marshal of the 2015 …

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QUEENS: De Blasio Marches In The LGBT Inclusive St. Pat’s For All Parade

NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio helped carry the banner at the LGBT-inclusive St. Pat’s For All Parade in Queens. Last year De Blasio boycotted the main parade in Manhattan but has not yet said if he will again this year.

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NEW YORK CITY: Guinness To Return As Sponsor Of St. Patrick’s Day Parade

 Via the Wall Street Journal: Guinness has decided to resume sponsorship of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Fifth Avenue after dropping out last year, sparking criticism from gay activists who want a broad boycott because of what they call the organizers’ discriminatory policies. Diageo PLC, the parent company of Guinness, cited parade organizers’ decision to allow one gay group …

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REPORT: Mayor Bill De Blasio To Boycott New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Via Irish Central: It appears New York Mayor Bill de Blasio will again boycott this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade on Fifth Avenue because of the lack of an Irish gay group in the line of march, multiple sources have told the Irish Voice. A non-Irish gay group from NBC, OUT@NBCUniversal, will march. On Tuesday, City Council Member Daniel Dromm …

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Paging Bill Donohue

Via the Associated Press: For the first time in its history, the sponsors of Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade will allow a group representing the gay community to participate, drawing cheers from Mayor Martin Walsh, who boycotted the event last year over the exclusion. The South Boston Allied War Veterans Council, which has long resisted the inclusion of gay groups …

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Cardinal Timothy Dolan: Gays Are OK As Long As They Don’t Do Anything Gay

Cardinal Timothy Dolan has been the target of withering criticism from Catholics after saying that he’ll stay on as the grand marshal of next year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade even though the entire celebration is totally going to be ruined by the inclusion of one LGBT group. Dolan responded to his naysayers this week in a lengthy letter published to …

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Catholic League: We’re Still Boycotting Those Anti-God Bullies At Guinness Beer

“We are now half-way to St. Patrick’s Day, and many will be tipping a few in anticipation of the March 17, 2015 parades and celebrations. For several reasons, the Guinness boycott must continue. First, we should remember that this corporate bully tried to shove its secular agenda down our throats by punishing the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade …

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NEW YORK CITY: HRC Applies To March In 2015 St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Via the Human Rights Campaign: The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today applied to have an Irish-American contingent from the organization included as an official participant in next year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City. Parade organizers recently announced that in 2015, for the first time in …

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Bill Donoue: I’ve Been Betrayed And Will Boycott The St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Catholic League blowhard Bill Donohue today announced that he has been betrayed by the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade committee and will boycott next year’s event. According to Donohue, he had been promised that an anti-abortion group would be allowed to march in the parade in return for allowing one gay group to participate. To be specific, I …

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FRC Slams Cardinal Timothy Dolan Over
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Rule Change

“New York’s Cardinal Dolan, appointed as Grand Marshal of the 2015 St. Patrick’s Day Parade, praised the decision to allow an openly gay group to march in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. ‘I have no trouble with the decision at all. I think the decision is a wise one,’ he said. Perhaps organizations which advocate to legalize prostitution and pornography …

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Matt Barber: Christians Should Carry Anti-Gay Banners At St. Patrick’s Parade

“What was once billed as a Catholic event can no longer be called such. They are openly allowing a sin-based organization to march in their parade and to effectively put their stamp of approval on what the Bible unequivocally calls sinful behavior.  Some faith-based organizations could carry banners and so forth exclaiming the truths of scripture relative to homosexual sin. …

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Bill Donohue Hopes Gay People Keep Their Pants On During St. Patrick’s Parade

Catholic League blowhard Bill Donohue appeared on Michelangelo Signorile’s show yesterday where he repeatedly claimed that gay people might try to go naked in next year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade.  “Here’s the hitch,” Donohue said, about allowing gays to march. “They do have dress requirements and other kinds of strictures. The question is, ‘Will the gays behave?’ Gays have been …

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DC Archdiocese: Cancel The St. Patrick’s Day Parade “Anal Sex” Celebration

“We are being asked to raise toasts and to enjoy a night of frivolity with those who think it is acceptable to abort children by the millions each year, with those who think anal sex is to be celebrated as an expression of love and that LGBTQIA (I=intersexual, A= Asexual) is actually a form of sanity to which we should …

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Empire State Pride Agenda Slams St. Patrick’s Day Parade Rule Change

Via press release: The news that the organizers of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade will allow one LGBT group – OUT at NBC Universal – to march under its own banner for the first time strikes us as disappointing and self-serving. While this development is long overdue, inviting one group to march at the exclusion of all others and continuing …

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NEW YORK CITY: Irish Queers Cast Side-Eye On Parade Rule Change

NYC-based Irish Queers are unimpressed with today’s rule change for the 2015 St. Patrick’s Day Parade. We welcome this cracking of the veneer of hate, but so far Irish LGBT groups are still not able to march in our community’s parades. The fight continues. This is a deal that was made behind closed doors between parade organizers and one of …

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Bill Donohue On Parade Rule Change

“Never in the history of New York’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade have homosexuals been barred from marching, anymore than pro-life Catholics have, but in both cases they were not permitted to have their own unit. I have been assured that the rules have been formally changed to allow both of these groups, as well as others, to march under their …

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