Jarlath Burns Views on the Politics of the Maze Stadium

[Nigel White]

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gaelic-football-pundit-defends-decision-to-bring-catholic-school-students-to-gay-pride-parade-30564960.html

Not sure if it's an appropriate place to bring schoolkids (Still preferable to Orangefest mind you)

Similarly - I see the PC brigade in New York have forced through their wishes on the St Patrick's day parade.
I thought it was supposed to be a celebration of Irishness...I guess Guinness dictate otherwise they'll pull funding.

The Simpsons will need to change one of their episodes now!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mKEyK11GRU

Why would it not be an appropriate place to bring school kids to?

[foxcommander]

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gaelic-football-pundit-defends-decision-to-bring-catholic-school-students-to-gay-pride-parade-30564960.html

Not sure if it's an appropriate place to bring schoolkids (Still preferable to Orangefest mind you)

Similarly - I see the PC brigade in New York have forced through their wishes on the St Patrick's day parade.
I thought it was supposed to be a celebration of Irishness...I guess Guinness dictate otherwise they'll pull funding.

The Simpsons will need to change one of their episodes now!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mKEyK11GRU

Why would it not be an appropriate place to bring school kids to?

Exposure to certain things that might be a little advanced for them perhaps?
I've watched on the sidelines at a couple of parades and the content is sometimes a little too much for minors.

Celebrating your beliefs and lifestyle choices is one thing but doing it in a responsible way is another.

[Kidder81]

I am gonna organise a pride to celebrate how I love riding women

[Nigel White]

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gaelic-football-pundit-defends-decision-to-bring-catholic-school-students-to-gay-pride-parade-30564960.html

Not sure if it's an appropriate place to bring schoolkids (Still preferable to Orangefest mind you)

Similarly - I see the PC brigade in New York have forced through their wishes on the St Patrick's day parade.
I thought it was supposed to be a celebration of Irishness...I guess Guinness dictate otherwise they'll pull funding.

The Simpsons will need to change one of their episodes now!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mKEyK11GRU

Why would it not be an appropriate place to bring school kids to?

Exposure to certain things that might be a little advanced for them perhaps?
I've watched on the sidelines at a couple of parades and the content is sometimes a little too much for minors.

Celebrating your beliefs and lifestyle choices is one thing but doing it in a responsible way is another.

I know what you mean, but the Newry event seems, from the press coverage anyway, to have been a family friendly event

[deiseach]

I am gonna organise a pride to celebrate how I love riding women

We'll have a parade if you ever succeed in riding one.

(You asked for that )

[Sidney]

I see that old cliche so beloved of people with reactionary right-wing views, "the PC brigade" has been used here.

Generally you'll find that something that's classed as "politically correct", is usually just correct. Political correctness is, in general, good thing.

I'm delighted to class myself as a member of this "PC brigade."

[muppet]

Why do gays have their own march? Surely that's discrimination against straight people?

It would only be discrimination if they prohibited you from marching.

Did they?

[foxcommander]

Why do gays have their own march? Surely that's discrimination against straight people?

It would only be discrimination if they prohibited you from marching.

Did they?

Marching under a certain banner you mean. That is the big difference...individuals aren't being excluded.

So if the NRA wanted to march in a pride parade do you think they would be allowed. Or a Satanist club.
or in the USA the republican party using these parades to hand out leaflets of how much they dislike the democrats.

Seriously doubt it.

[BennyCake]

Why do gays have their own march? Surely that's discrimination against straight people?

It would only be discrimination if they prohibited you from marching.

Did they?

Well, have a straight pride march, and see what the gays have to say.

[Applesisapples]

Why should Gay Irish people not identify in that way? Sure other groups do so on one basis or another. If there wasn't so much ingrained homophobia in society then there wouldn't be the need for Pride Parades.

[Keyser soze]

Is it just me or has this thread gone off on a bit of a tangent???

[ziggysego]

Is it just me or has this thread gone off on a bit of a tangent???

Welcome to the Internet.

[J70]

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gaelic-football-pundit-defends-decision-to-bring-catholic-school-students-to-gay-pride-parade-30564960.html

Not sure if it's an appropriate place to bring schoolkids (Still preferable to Orangefest mind you)

Similarly - I see the PC brigade in New York have forced through their wishes on the St Patrick's day parade.
I thought it was supposed to be a celebration of Irishness...I guess Guinness dictate otherwise they'll pull funding.

The Simpsons will need to change one of their episodes now!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mKEyK11GRU

Gays have been taking part in the San Francisco St Paddy's Day parade for years and the world hasn't fallen apart. Get over yourself.

Are gay Iriy hat eople not allowed to celebrate St Paddys as well? 

Why do these people have to bring their homosexuality to an irish parade?

Can gay irish people not simply celebrate st Patrick's day like the heterosexuals do? Or is that too much to ask?

Eventually they will. Eventually no one will give a second thought to gay people in the parade.

In the meantime,  prejudice has to be faced down. It's not a Catholic parade.

They've been in the one in Woodside, Queens for several years now, and the sky hasn't fallen.

[muppet]

Is it just me or has this thread gone off on a bit of a tangent???

Welcome to the Internet.

[Hardy]

Is it just me or has this thread gone off on a bit of a tangent???

Are you mixing up Jarlath with John Maughan?