That is so powerful that they didn't even get covered locally, except by the gay newspaper, the Dallas Voice.
David On Sep 14, 2013, at 6:03 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > LifeSiteNews > Homosexuals angered as cops crack down on lewdness and nudity at Dallas gay > pride parade > > by Kirsten Andersen > > Fri Sep 13, 2013 > DALLAS, September 13, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dallas-area homosexual > activists reacted with anger and disappointment this week after city > officials pledged to crack down on lewdness and nudity at the annual gay > pride parade. > > While past parades have featured bare-breasted women and men in tight, wet > underwear with visible genitalia, Dallas law enforcement said the city will > no longer turn a blind eye to such violations of city and state law. > > The pride parade rules now state: “In accordance with the city of Dallas > public nudity ordinance, parade participants must not expose genitalia, > buttocks, or female breasts.” > > Additionally the rules say that, “In accordance with state of Texas obscenity > law, sexual paraphernalia, real or simulated sex acts and genital or phallic > representations are prohibited from the parade.” > > City officials, along with the event’s organizers, said they want the pride > parade to be more “family friendly.” > > Michael Doughman, executive director of the Tavern Guild, which organizes the > parade, said, “police [have] looked the other way for years and years and > years, but public lewdness and nudity in public is not going to continue to > be tolerated.” > > “You certainly can still express yourself, but unfortunately if your way of > expressing yourself is to be naked or to be aroused in public, then it’s > inappropriate, and I think most of the community agrees with that,” he said. > > In order to prevent a similar occurrence during this year’s parade, it has > been decided that participants must wear swimsuits at a minimum – not > underwear. > > That has some homosexual activists outraged. > > “The ‘queer’ is effectively being erased from our Pride celebration in favor > of the most polished, heteronormative representation of our community as > possible,” activist Daniel Cates wrote on his Facebook page. “It should be > noted that the rioters at the Stonewall Inn fought to break OUT of the damn > closet! Our movement was built of sex positivity and our desire to BE WHO WE > ARE! I urge you ALL to openly DEFY the Tavern Guild!” > > On social media website Twitter, angry homosexuals vowed to wear – or not > wear – whatever they want to the Pride Parade. Some ended their posts with > the hashtag: #PrideOutWithYourHideOut. > > That will present a challenge to Dallas policeman Jeremy Liebbe, an open > homosexual, who has been charged with overseeing 95 law enforcement officers > assigned to the parade route Sunday. > > > Calling the promised crackdown a “preventative measure,” Liebbe told gay news > outlet The Dallas Voice that any parade participants who violate the event’s > decency standards will be warned during lineup before the parade and given a > chance to put more clothes on. But if anyone is spotted getting naked during > the course of the gay pride parade, they will be removed, and may be charged > with indecent exposure. > > Citing a case last year of a man wearing nothing but soaking wet, see-through > underwear who waved his visibly erect penis at the crowd, Liebbe said, “If > there’s an erection and a child is present that could see it, it is a felony, > and we don’t want to see that happen.” > > At least one homosexual observer welcomed the stricter rules. > > “I’ve never understood the need to get naked (literally, or virtually) during > Pride parades,” wrote pundit John Aravosis at gay website AMERICAblog. > “D.C.’s parade this year had one float with a quite well-hung young man > sporting some quite loose underwear, or a thong, and jumping up and down so > his d--k would flop 180 degrees up and down for the audience. And while I > would have loved the show in the privacy of my home, I found it inappropriate > for a public parade, and I have a difficult time understanding the connection > between our fight for civil rights and that idiot on the float.” > > While Aravosis conceded that “sexual positivity – meaning, among other > things, flashing your [genitalia] in public – was the basis of the movement > for some, perhaps many [gays], back in 1969,” he said that today, “a lot of > us no longer define a positive sexual attitude as flashing the neighbor’s kid > during a parade.” > > > -- > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. 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