Mark SteinMar 6, 2023

Staten Island held its annual St. Patrick's Parade on Sunday. It happens usually two weeks prior to St. Patrick's Day because of the many parades in the Tri-State area, specifically Brooklyn, NJ, Manhattan, etc.

The difference between those parades and Staten Island's is the organizers on Staten Island refuse to let people march while holding an LGBTQ+ banner. Dublin, Boston, Manhattan have accepted LGBTQ+ representation.

Staten Island does not. Column on it: https://www.silive.com/news/2023/03/amid-lgbtq-prohibition-st-patricks-celebration-on-staten-island-a-tale-of-two-parades-opinion.html

Amid LGBTQ+ prohibition, St. Patrick’s celebration on Staten Island a tale of two parades (opinion)

Never has there been more attention paid to prohibition against gays marching openly.

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"Parade organizers tell us that the parade is an event with religious roots and that homosexuality is against the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. So gays cannot march openly.

"I don’t know. I’ve been going to the parade for years, both as a writer for the Advance and as an ordinary Staten Islander. I don’t see a lot of praying or other religious activity going on along Forest Avenue."

Mar 6, 2023 at 9:51pmWeb
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"What I do see, particularly after the parade ends, is a lot of partying, including by a good number of people who appear to be too young to legally drink alcohol.

"It must be part of some new religion that I’ve never heard of."

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Not authored by myself. That's my colleague, Tom Wrobleski.

#statenisland #nyc #stpatricksday

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These people are welcome to visit #Ireland at some point and see what the parades look like in the country the day celebrates. Every single parade celebrates queer people in some way. Immigration and diversity, too.