Janice, I understand your point about Casement, but you are missing a very big point. Whether I agree or disagree with the AOH is not the point. The reason they have been successful in controlling their parade, when other cities have not, is because they pay for it. Other cities where there was municipal money involved were forced to allow ILGO to march under their own banner. That was entirely appropriate. But it is also appropriate for an organization that is paying the freight to make the rules. Doesn't matter what anyone else thinks.

I happen to believe that the AOH, of which I am a member, is wrong on this issue. As a State Organizer I tell them so. But they pay the way. You don't have to like it, you just aren't entitled to force them to send a message that they don't want to send. It's their gig.

Mick