It is not a parade for Catholics, kat. It is a St. Patrick's Day parade, sponsored and paid for by an Irish Catholic organization in celebration of the Feast Day of St. Patrick. That organization, I am sure, has gay members like any other organization. They would just march with their respective Division. What is not allowed by the sponsoring group is a group which flaunts its homosexuality. In my mind, that is a wrong headed response to this situation, but that is the choice they made.

My response to Larry is due to his patronizing comments, and his assertion that this is illegal, when the courts have repeatedly said that it is not. There are mitigating factors in this case that set it apart from other cities where the Irish Lesbian/Gay Organization (ILGO) are allowed to march. If the NY AOH had just let it be, you wouldn't be hearing any of this. But the bottom line is, they pay for it, and they have the right to say who is in it.

Mick