The courts determined they have the right to do it. Mayor DiBlasio, who married a woman who previously identified as a lesbian, can use his position to express disapproval of their choice and contribute to the marginalization of the parade organizer’s unfortunate beliefs.
Indeed. Score one for the Constitution, the way it’s actually meant to be used.
And a fat lot of good it’ll do him, too.
His track record practically screams for itself.Indeed!
Can’t go wrong with the classics, amirite?
What if there were?
That they do and are.Indeed. Score one for the Constitution, the way it’s actually meant to be used.
And a fat lot of good it’ll do him, too.
Also, “unfortunate” is a very subjective term.** I, too, think it’s unfortunate that the gay agenda is comprised of a bunch of bullies that seek to ram their beliefs down the throat of everyone that they don’t rubberstamp as being on-board with said beliefs.
I hate bullies, to be quite frank. And that’s all they are.**
The mayor decides to close or not close schools? Not the school board? I didn’t realize that.
Well we should pray for his conversion because first of all God wants to save all men and second, I believe he is an ex-Catholic so pray for his return!
I am shocked you’d show up to try and defend this guy. he lacks the class and intelligence of most previous NYC mayors, which is saying a lot.
And did you further read that gay rights groups were angry that he didn’t take it a step further and ban city workers from marching in the parade in uniform? The gay lobby is the most hateful group in the U.S.I’m so sick and tired of the gay lobby shoving their agenda on us at every opportunity.
BTW, I wonder if he’ll make the same public when Ramadan rolls around again?
I’m glad that I’m part of the 24-25% of voters who didn’t vote for this creep.
May I ask a dumb question? Does the NY Gay Pride parade allow the Catholic apostolate, Courage, to march in its parade as an equal member for people with same sex attraction?
The adjective I would use for your question would not be dumb.
Yes, the final call on whether to close the schools rests with the mayor. We don’t have an elected school board in NYC.
I actually didn’t find the weather that dangerous this morning. It was slush and sloppy, but at least it didn’t ice over. I agree with leaving the schools open this morning.
There is also a New York State legal requirement that students must attend a certain number of days during the academic year, which relates to receiving funds from Albany. This applies also to NYC colleges and universities and even private institutions. Insofar as icing is concerned, that depends on where one is located in the city: there was more freezing rain and ice precipitation in the northern borough of the Bronx and less in Brooklyn, while Queens and Manhattan were in the middle of the dividing line. I admit it’s sometimes a close call on the part of the mayor; however, I still think a decision should be reached the night before and not in the morning when, for some, it is too late to make preparations to care for their children if parents have to go to work, let alone teachers and administrators.
The difference between de Blasio and former mayors is that de Blasio is on the far left. And the far left is allied with the gay lobby to transform our culture and society from one that promotes or believes in traditional institutions such as Church, family, etc. to one which promotes secular leftism. They are succeeding. Really the left has co-opted the gay rights movement for their those reasons. Bloomberg, Guliani, Dinkins and Koch were not leftists like the current mayor is.
Most likely anyone carrying a sign that is in harmony with the event will be allowed. “Gay” pride signs are not in harmony with the event. The organizers have the right to define the tone of the event.