St. Patrick's Day

This is a cut-and-paste from an email from Jeff.

John Dunleavy, the head of the NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade, said of the controversy surrounding the refusal to let gay groups march under their own banner:

"Allowing them in would take away from the whole spirit of the parade" adding, "If an Israeli group wants to march in New York, do you allow neo-Nazis into their parade? If African-Americans are marching in Harlem, do they have to let the Ku Klux Klan into their parade?"..."People have rights," ... "If we let the [Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization] in, is it the Irish Prostitute Association next?"

Uhm. Yea. Here's the thing. Uhh. Okay...

Nazis -- imprisoned and killed Jews, with neo-Nazis carrying the anti- Semitic torch

KKK -- lynched, killed, and vehemently opposed blacks, with modern members continuing to support an environment encouraging white supremacy

Gays -- Other than a shot of Bushmills or a pint of green beer, gays as a whole have not killed anything Irish. They simply want to march in support of the parade, not against.

http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2006/03/paddys_parade_h.html