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Gay rainbow banners make debut at Boston St Paddy's parade
Source: Reuters
Gay rainbow banners make debut at Boston St Paddy's parade
BY ELIZABETH BARBER
BOSTON Sun Mar 15, 2015 4:22pm EDT
(Reuters) - For the first time in the 114-year history of Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade, gay rights activists marched openly on Sunday under rainbow banners in the city's annual celebration of its Irish heritage, after organizers lifted a longtime ban.
Two groups, Boston Pride and OutVets, were among dozens of contingents taking part in the parade through the center of South Boston, once an insular Irish-American neighborhood near downtown that has undergone gentrification in recent years.
"South Boston is more diverse then it's ever been and our inclusion is a testament to change in the neighborhood," said Sylvain Bruno, president of Boston Pride, as he waited to march.
Organizers had excluded gay groups for two decades, maintaining that homosexuality conflicted with Roman Catholic doctrine. But they came under intense pressure to change their position, which ran counter to the liberal attitudes that prevail in Massachusetts. The state was the first in the United States to legalize same-sex marriage in 2004.
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BY ELIZABETH BARBER
BOSTON Sun Mar 15, 2015 4:22pm EDT
(Reuters) - For the first time in the 114-year history of Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade, gay rights activists marched openly on Sunday under rainbow banners in the city's annual celebration of its Irish heritage, after organizers lifted a longtime ban.
Two groups, Boston Pride and OutVets, were among dozens of contingents taking part in the parade through the center of South Boston, once an insular Irish-American neighborhood near downtown that has undergone gentrification in recent years.
"South Boston is more diverse then it's ever been and our inclusion is a testament to change in the neighborhood," said Sylvain Bruno, president of Boston Pride, as he waited to march.
Organizers had excluded gay groups for two decades, maintaining that homosexuality conflicted with Roman Catholic doctrine. But they came under intense pressure to change their position, which ran counter to the liberal attitudes that prevail in Massachusetts. The state was the first in the United States to legalize same-sex marriage in 2004.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/15/us-usa-boston-stpatricks-idUSKBN0MB0E520150315
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