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To: Bridge Player who wrote (89979)	12/9/2004 9:28:25 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793843

but if a group of Christians want to participate, then they are "trying to hijack a secular party"? Do you think it should be against the law for private parties to stage events on public turf even with a permit? Do you think that the organizers of the event should be required to put all comers on the agenda rather than determine their own agendas? If you don't think the law should be changed, on what grounds would you stop organizers from determining the parameters of their own parties? If you wouldn't stop organizers from determining the parameters of their own parties, what would you call people who insist that the organizers accept them despite thier not conforming with those parameters? If you don't like "hijackers," how about "party crashers"? Or maybe just "spoil sports?"

To: Bridge Player who wrote (89979)	12/9/2004 10:33:59 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 793843

It is OK for a group of gay, bisexual, lesbian, transvestite Native Americans, claiming to represent the Native American community, to participate in a Parade of Lights parade The degree of OK-ness depends on the organizers of the parade. If the organizers don't want them, then they're out. This is predicated on the organizers being a private group, not the government. If the shoe were on the other foot, and a group of gay, bisexual, lesbian, transvestite Native Americans tried to participate in a Christmas parade organized by a Christian organization, I'd say the same thing -- if the organizers don't want them, then they're out. Again, this is predicated on the organizers being a private group, not the government. The government doesn't get to discriminate on the basis of content, but private groups do.