NetQuarterLatte t1_j8xtavv wrote
>Although the Staten Island Parade Committee blames the exclusion on the teachings of the Catholic Church, the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Manhattan ended a two-decade ban of LGBTQ+ groups in 2014, while parades in Boston and Dublin have done the same. And a St. Patrick’s Parade in the Bronx last year for the first time allowed an LGBTQ+ group to march openly.
The church actually teaches the opposite of hatred and exclusion, but the delusions of moral superiority and righteous attitude provided fertile grounds for bigots to hide and fester there for centuries.
It's surprising to see this kind of old-school bigotry still today.
I_AM_TARA OP t1_j8yfv8u wrote
Apparently this whole thing is the result of just one guy. Even the local politicians have backed out of the parade because of his insistence on bigotry.
_Maxolotl t1_j8z2dy8 wrote
Including Borelli or not?
CaroleBaskinsBurner t1_j901jec wrote
He actually got banned from the parade for his pro-LGBT stance: https://www.silive.com/news/2020/03/councilman-joe-borelli-they-banned-me-from-marching-in-the-st-patricks-parade.html
_Maxolotl t1_j906mnr wrote
broken clocks
CaroleBaskinsBurner t1_j907m9q wrote
True, indeed.
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