Comments on: Police ‘homophobic’ for joining New York St Patrick’s Day parade

By: J Mathews

J Mathews — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:47:40 +0000

St. Patricks day in New York, religious????????

hahahahahaha.

the reason they don’t want gay people in the St.Patricks day parade is homophobia, by backward thinking americans who like to think they are Irish, or Jewish, or Scottish, or English, or whatever, depending upon the holiday.

It’s just plain old Homophobia, no more, no less.

I have to agree with posters above, that I also cannot understand why English people celebrate St.Patricks day, but don’t celebrate their own saint. In Scotland ,they celebrate St.Andrews day,so why don’t the English celebrate St.Georges day??

By: SimonQ

SimonQ — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:49:35 +0000

xians are the enemy of lgbt equality and human rights and where they are involved with lgbt organisations and groups they are acting as fifth columnists. They are not to be trusted.

By: Rob_N

Rob_N — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:41:58 +0000

Hmm. One wonders what might happen if we ban all Irish from the NY Gay Pride march?

By: Julian

Julian — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:55:21 +0000

What the Hell are New Yorkers doing on a St Patrick’s Day march in ay case, find your own saint you dopes! What the Hell are English people doing n a St Patrick’s day for that matter, taxpayers’ money paying for this party in London? Uh?

Our patron saint is St George, and most people don’t even know the date – 23 April – get sloshed for England!

Sometimes the police can’t win though, damned if you march, damned if you don’t. Grow up Irish Queers for Gods sake.

By: AndyAS

AndyAS — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:19:25 +0000

“The traditional St Patrick’s Day Parade excludes members of the LGBT community on the grounds that it is a religious event.”

And which religion would this be? It sure as hell ain’t one anyone has ever heard of before!

By: joe

joe — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:26:30 +0000

Was it not just that gay pride floats wern’t welcome but gay people could have joined the parade themselves as just people. Why do gay organisations want to take part in a non gay parade? what’s next gay pride on 12th July with the orange men? I can just see that.

By: Jennifer Hynes

Jennifer Hynes — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:00:53 +0000

Surprise! New York’s finest are homophobic? Tell us something we don’t already know.

By: SimonM

SimonM — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:39:39 +0000

Thanks for the insight Jay.

You seem really stupid, and unpleasant.

By: jay

jay — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:47:29 +0000

oh yeah, the irish are really homo tolerant simon. what a joke. the irish are stupid superstitous religious feverish nutters, protestant and catholic alike.

By: SimonM

SimonM — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:19:38 +0000

I love how the St Patrick’s Day Parade in New York now is a symbol of the moronic intolerance of so-called ‘Irish’-America.

They need to start following the example of the motherland.

By: douglas in canada

douglas in canada — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:14:28 +0000

Since when was being Irish a religion? The parade is celebrating either a nationality or a religion. If it’s Irish, then ANY kind of Irish person should be allowed. If it’s Catholic, does that mean that Protestant Irish are excluded? And if it’s a religious parade, what on earth do the police or fire department have to do with that?

It looks like someone is scamming the gay community. Now I know where the fertilizer comes from that makes shamrocks grow so well.

By: SimonM

SimonM — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:01:12 +0000

The homophobic St Patrick’s Day Parade in New York, is distinctly un-Irish.

LGBT people are welcomed in the parades in Ireland. Those silly ‘Irish’-Americans are stuck in a 19th century time warp.

La Feile Phadraig!!!!!!