The ones they weren't allowed to bring so they left them behind. Since they did abide by the rules and left them at home, they were allowed to march. Fancy that? :\
Ok, since I responded to your point to begin with, what political signs were you referring to?
The ones they weren't allowed to bring so they left them behind. Since they did abide by the rules and left them at home, they were allowed to march. Fancy that? :\
How were the signs political? Do you know what they said?
If they left them at home, obviously they were suspect, since non-political signs were allowed.
So you don't know what they said, you believe that they were political in nature.
So you don't know what they said, you believe that they were political in nature.
The odd thing is, I haven't seen a single news article that mentions LGBT groups wanting to bring political signs. Pretty much every one says what the OP's article said, being:
"Both parades have policies under which sexual orientation is not allowed to be displayed, meaning marchers are not able to hold signs or wear shirts identifying themselves as LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender)."
Do you have a reputable news source which agrees with your understanding of what happened?
If they left them behind there was obviously something wrong with the signs, the parade rules say nothing about orientation, just politics. So there's also something wrong with your source.
^ LOL!
I see this dummy is still spinning like a top over his faux outrage. The display of illogic is one of the worst I've seen around here, and that's saying a lot for this place.
First up, the blazing irony of saying "no one has claimed gays were banned" in a thread flamingly titled "...Gays need not apply".
Because you and other people are/were claiming that they were "political" and that's why they couldn't bring them, which is based on absolutely no source/fact whatsoever, here:Then the idiocy of demanding someone prove a negative: "What did signs THAT NO ONE HAD AT THE PARADE say?" It's like demanding to know where are all the men in the ladies' restroom.
You also apparently can't carry signs saying "Support gay marriage" or "Vote for yes on prop whatever" or whatever else that's political in nature. Big friggen whoop, that's not persecution, that's just no one wants anyone making the parade all about their political agenda crap.
Responding to the bit in bold - why should a military organisation labelling itself as such, or the W.I., or just about every other organisation be allowed to do it? Is it relevant to the topic of St. Patrick's Day? The logic behind the other organisations being able to openly march is "we don't see a reason why not", but sexual orientation is the exception.They probably get annoyed that a small minority of dimbulbs have to try and make everything into a "let's hijack this and shove our agenda down everyone's throat!" thing, to the point the parade organizers have had to make rules stopping morons from doing that.
So basically, you can't go there and fly a banner announcing anything about your sexual orientation (and why should that be part of anything?) or announcing some political agenda since it's not a political event.
I actually started reading this thread with the idea of "I'm wondering whether the people wanting to do a gay pride parade thing here in a situation that's not anything to do with it", but of all the organisations who officially participated in the parade to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, there's only one that's not allowed to openly do it apparently. This user's post made me reconsider my initial opinion:I imagine most that had anything to do with the St. Patricks' Day parade just were there to celebrate the Irish (imagine that) and nothing to do with their sexual orientation.
You ever see a float or group in a parade that wasn't identified?
Which you've got no evidence to support your assertion that they wanted/planned to do that. If you don't want to cite some credible sources to aid your argument (as well as your use of hyperbolic terms like 'hijack' in this context), then I don't see what else there is to discuss, since it's pretty much the basis of your argument so far (that and flinging insults).You also apparently can't carry signs saying "Support gay marriage" or "Vote for yes on prop whatever" or whatever else that's political in nature. Big friggen whoop, that's not persecution, that's just no one wants anyone making the parade all about their political agenda crap.
Obviously the homosexual groups don't just want to simply march. They want to be ostentatious and make the parade about them. Nothing new about that. The AIDs epidemic and Act-Up taught them that bullying works. That's why the bullying movement itself is driven by bullies trying to bully their agenda while pretending to be against bullying.