Catholic League mouthpiece Bill Donohue has applied to march in NYC's
LGBT Pride parade behind a "Straight is Great" banner he told
conservative talk show host Steve Malzberg today and says he'll bring "a
big wedding cake" if they allow him,
Right Wing Watch reports.
Donohue is challenging the inclusiveness of the parade as a reaction
to the controversy over the New York St. Patrick’s Day parade’s ban on
gay groups.
NYC Pride has responded:
In response to email communications from
Bill Donohue, President of the Catholic League, NYC Pride
representatives provided instructions for the March’s online
registration system.
“Mr. Donohue and his group are free to
participate in the 2014 March. His group’s presence affirms the need for
this year’s Pride theme, ‘We Have Won When We’re One.’ Straight is
great – as long as there’s no hate,” said David Studinski, March
Director of NYC Pride.
Chris Frederick, Managing Director of NYC
Pride, added, “Straight allies are great. We have thousands of straight
people participating in the Pride March, including Catholic groups, who
support LGBT youth, families and married couples.”
GLAAD's Commentator Accountability
Project provided background information on Bill Donohue's recent
statements on LGBT people. On February 27, 2014, Donohue gave a video
interview with World Over with Raymond Arroyo in which he
stated, "If I wanted to get into their gay pride parade with my own
float with big banners saying 'straight is great,' they would have a
right to feel put-upon and I wouldn't do that to them."
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