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Historic first: Gay groups march in Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade
Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade made history Sunday as two gay and lesbian groups marched after decades of opposition that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Second gay rights group to march in Boston St. Patrick’s parade
This is the first year that parade organizers have allowed groups representing the gay community to participate in the parade, which draws as many as a million spectators to South Boston.
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Norfolk church boycotts St. Patricks parade after pro-LGBT governor named Grand Marshal
Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s support for same-sex marriage was listed among the reasons the church would no longer take part in the event.
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NYC mayor to skip St. Patrick’s parade over policy excluding gays
Bill de Blasio says he’s not planning to march in the nation’s biggest and oldest St. Patrick’s Day parade unless its organizers change their limitations on displays of gay pride.
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New York City mayor marches in LGBT-friendly pre-St. Patrick’s Day parade
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told hundreds of participants at an LGBT-friendly St. Patrick’s Day parade on Sunday that a society for all is one that embraces and respects everyone.
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First time in history: Gay veterans to march in Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade
The South Boston Allied War Veterans Council, which has long resisted the inclusion of gay groups, voted Monday night to allow the group OutVets to march in the 2015 parade.
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Catholic League president wants to lead ‘Straight is great’ contingent at NYC pride
Bill Donohue of the Catholic League announced Wednesday that the controversy over the New York St. Patrick’s Day parade’s ban on LGBT groups has inspired him to apply to march at the New York pride parade with a “Straight Is Great” banner.
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St. Patrick’s Day parades proceed amid tension over exclusion of gays
NEW YORK — A weekend of St. Patrick’s Day revelry and tensions over the exclusion of gays in some of the celebrations was culminating Monday in New York, where Guinness beer and the city’s new mayor planned to sit out the world’s largest parade celebrating Irish heritage.
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Mayor skips Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade over exclusion of gay vets
BOSTON — Boston Mayor Martin Walsh is skipping the city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade on Sunday because organizers are excluding a group of gay veterans.
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Heineken pulls sponsorship from NYC St. Patrick’s over ban on gay pride signs
Heineken announced Friday it has pulled its sponsorship of Monday’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City because event organizers refuse to let gay participants carry signs displaying LGBT pride.