Tuesday, March 20, 2012

[GaysUnited] Will Comcast Make This The Last St. Patrick's Day Parade To Exclude Gays?

Tommy is one of those fascists who wants the government to monopolize streets, air, water, health care etc and then say since it belongs to the State you must obey the State when you are forced to use the things they have taken control of

This is why nazis like Tommy must be executed

On Tuesday, March 20, 2012, plainolamerican <plainolamerican@gmail.com> wrote:
> militants
> who want to change the definition of marriage
> ---
> it's already changed
>
> beating a dead horse tenderizes the meat
>
> On Mar 19, 5:16 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I don't have any issues with what one does behind closed doors now
>> PlainOl.  As a matter of fact and record,  I have been involved in the
>> legal defense of a number of individuals whose rights have been trampled
>> upon because of their sexuality.
>>
>> That's not the case here,  and that is not the case with those militants
>> who want to change the definition of marriage, but we've been down this
>> road......
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 6:09 PM, plainolamerican
>> <plainolameri...@gmail.com>wrote:
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>> > Since when did Gays, Lesbians and Transgender folks get banned from
>> > marching in the St. Paddy's Day parade?
>> > ----
>> > the 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case Hurley vs. Irish-American Gay,
>> > Lesbian, Bisexual Group of Boston,  ruled parade organizers do have a
>> > legal right to decide who marches in the parade.
>> > Join the Impact, another gay, lesbian and transgender group in Boston,
>> > was also denied permission to walk in the parade this year. The Irish-
>> > American group marched in the parade in 1992 after obtaining a court
>> > order, but no gay or lesbian organization has walked since the Supreme
>> > Court ruling;
>>
>> > militant secular spin lies and prevaricate hogwash from
>> > again, the militant, homosexual agenda!
>> > ----
>> > find a deprogrammer fast!
>>
>> > That pretty much eliminates TommyTomTomForNews from marching,
>> > probably
>> > PlainOl too.
>> > ---
>> > gfy
>> > I haven't posted on any of tommys gay posts because I don't want to
>> > argue with you about homosexuality. I am not gay, don't care about
>> > their plight, or think I'm right and you're wrong ... I just find the
>> > religious right's position indefensible. Eventually, they are going to
>> > accept homos ... it's just going to take time.
>>
>> > On Mar 19, 4:15 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > Since when did Gays, Lesbians and Transgender folks get banned from
>> > > marching in the St. Paddy's Day parade?
>>
>> > > Once again,  more militant secular spin lies and prevaricate hogwash from
>> > > again, the militant, homosexual agenda!
>>
>> > > The only restriction, against ANYONE or ANY GROUP,  is that this is a
>> > > family parade, and there will be no nekkidness,  there will be no
>> > > fornication,  there will be no one dressed in assless chaps,  or nekkid
>> > > Statues of Liberty.
>>
>> > > That pretty much eliminates TommyTomTomForNews from marching,  probably
>> > > PlainOl too.
>>
>> > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 11:59 AM, plainolamerican <
>> > plainolameri...@gmail.com
>>
>> > > > wrote:
>> > > > an embarrassment
>> > > > in a state where we now have marriage rights
>> > > > ---
>> > > > Irish and African-American lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and
>> > > > queer (LGBTQ) communities have a lot in common when it comes to being
>> > > > excluded from the iconic institutions in their communities.
>>
>> > > > For LGBTQ African Americans, it's the Black Church, and for LGBTQ
>> > > > Irish Americans, it's the St. Patrick's Day Parade.
>>
>> > > > Unlike the Black Church, however, that has and continues to throw the
>> > > > Bible at its LGBTQ community to justify their exclusionary practices,
>> > > > the St. Patrick's Day parade committee uses the First Amendment,
>> > > > debating that they are constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of
>> > > > religion, speech and association, and the tenet separating church and
>> > > > state.
>>
>> > > > In 1994 Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade was canceled over this
>> > > > issue. The state's highest court ruled that the parade organizers
>> > > > could not ban members of the LGBTQ community from marching. But in a
>> > > > counter lawsuit, parade officials won, accusing LGBTQ Irish-Americans
>> > > > of violating their rights to free speech under the First Amendment.
>>
>> > > > On Mar 19, 10:37 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > > > Will Comcast Make This The Last St. Patrick's Day Parade To Exclude
>> > Gays?
>>
>> > > > > -by Michelangelo Signorile
>>
>> > > > > It's 2012, and in the state of New York gays and lesbians have full
>> > > > > civil rights, including marriage equality. Moreover, gays are no
>> > > > > longer banned in the U.S. military. But they are still banned from
>> > > > > Fifth Avenue's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in an embarrassing
>> > > > > throwback for everyone involved.
>>
>> > > > > It's frankly appalling that NBC, and now its parent company Comcast,
>> > > > > still sells the broadcast rights (on its local affiliate, WNBC) to
>> > the
>> > > > > intolerant bunch that runs the parade (in 2007 that amount was
>> > > > > $300,000) and then helps the organizers sell advertising to major
>> > > > > companies. More than that, one of NBC's top executives, a man who
>> > aids
>> > > > > the organizers in getting those ad dollars, was chosen as this year's
>> > > > > Grand Marshal.
>>
>> > > > > As David Mixner notes, most New York politicians who support equality
>> > > > > won't march in the parade because of this bigotry. Last year, the
>> > > > > Irish Foreign Minister condemned the parade, and the President of
>> > > > > Ireland declined an invitation to be Grand Marshal. But Francis X.
>> > > > > Comerford, Chief Revenue Officer and President of Commercial
>> > > > > Operations for the NBC Owned Television Stations, has no problem
>> > > > > leading the parade as Grand Marshal.
>>
>> > > > > Groups like the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
>> > > > > have criticized NBC for its relationship with the parade since the
>> > > > > early '90s. Other groups have protested the parade annually,
>> > sometimes
>> > > > > resulting in arrests, and this year the group Irish Queers will be
>> > > > > demonstrating once again. For years it's all been to no avail.
>>
>> > > > > But with Comcast now in charge after the controversial merger with
>> > NBC
>> > > > > was finalized, 2012 could be the last year in which gays are excluded
>> > > > > -- or the last year in which NBC is involved in the parade.
>>
>> > > > > There are a few reasons for this. One of them has to do with the
>> > terms
>> > > > > of the merger itself, in which Brian Roberts, chairman and CEO of
>> > > > > Comcast, testified before the House Judiciary Committee, where he
>> > > > > vowed to adhere to diversity in every aspect of the company's
>> > business
>> > > > > dealings. From the company's own blog:
>> ...
>>
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