Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (95130)	11/30/2000 12:36:19 AM
From: Mama Bear	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"NAMBLA has always been banned from participation in gay events in most places. In some cities attempts to ban the group were given up because of possible legal problems, the law being interpreted that they had a right to march in public parades. In some jurisdictions there have always been problems in trying to keep unwanted groups out of public events such as parades. The St. Patrick's Day Parade controversies in the 1990s in Boston and New York, which involved the right to march of gay and lesbian groups, are cases in point. Some court rulings said the parades were public events and the gays must be allowed to participate, while other court rulings said parade organizers had the right to exclude groups they didn't want to participate. The issue was finally resolved in favor of the parade organizers, who now may exclude unwanted groups. In 1996, this decision enabled Gay Pride Parade organizers to exclude NAMBLA for the first time in certain jurisdictions, where their earlier legal advice had been that NAMBLA must be allowed to march in a public parade. geocities.com Regards, Barb