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Birmingham (Ala.) mayor (D) denies gay parade permit
« on: May 25, 2008, 02:17:08 PM »


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Source: Birmingham News

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford won't sign a proclamation for an annual gay pride celebration or allow banners on city property, and said he will not grant the sponsoring group a parade permit.

Langford said he turned down the requests this week from Central Alabama Pride because it is inappropriate for government to endorse a lifestyle. Pride Week is next month and often includes a parade on Southside and other events.

"My policy is don't ask because it's not my business, and don't put me in the position to make it my business," Langford said Friday. "I don't condone it, but I also am not sitting in judgment on anyone."

... "I don't think I'm intolerant, I just don't condone the lifestyle," he said. "Your personal lifestyle should be nobody's issue but yours. It's not a civil rights issue, it's a personal choice issue."

Read more: http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/n...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3323945

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LeftCoast  (1000+ posts)       Sat May-24-08 02:48 PM
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1. Looks like it might be time for another march on Birmingham
 Mayor Langford sounds like a real SOB.
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texasleo  (1000+ posts)      Sat May-24-08 05:42 PM
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20. He's a 60-year-old black man from Alabama
 I doubt that gay rights are at the top of his list of priorities.

 
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NOLALady (1000+ posts)      Sat May-24-08 06:44 PM
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22. Civil rights should be the priority of all people,
 especially black people. Damn. He should know better.
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts)      Sat May-24-08 07:13 PM
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30. Obviously the lessons were lost upon him. MLK would've been justified smacking him upside his head.
 Instead, he just spins in his grave.

A lively bonfire!  :-)
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Re: Birmingham (Ala.) mayor (D) denies gay parade permit
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2008, 02:20:55 PM »
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"I don't think I'm intolerant, I just don't condone the lifestyle," he said. "Your personal lifestyle should be nobody's issue but yours. It's not a civil rights issue, it's a personal choice issue."

First smart thing I've heard from a Democrat politician in years.
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Re: Birmingham (Ala.) mayor (D) denies gay parade permit
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2008, 02:25:47 PM »
Yes, DUmbasses, I'm sure the staunch Republican Dr. Martin Luther King would be sooooooooo on board for an immoral display and sickening spectacle known as a "gay pride" parade.   

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Re: Birmingham (Ala.) mayor (D) denies gay parade permit
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2008, 02:59:48 PM »
Since when is a fudge packer parade a "civil right"? and they wonder why we look at them funny.... :censored:
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Re: Birmingham (Ala.) mayor (D) denies gay parade permit
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2008, 03:03:43 PM »
I'm for rights, but the parades annoy me.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Hlsl7bPQg[/youtube]

I think Ralphie May says it best.

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Re: Birmingham (Ala.) mayor (D) denies gay parade permit
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2008, 03:11:29 PM »
"magically delicious" :rofl:

hi 5.
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Re: Birmingham (Ala.) mayor (D) denies gay parade permit
« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2008, 03:16:10 PM »
LOL H5 for introducing me to Ralphie May
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Re: Birmingham (Ala.) mayor (D) denies gay parade permit
« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2008, 04:39:34 PM »
Go Ralphie!
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Re: Birmingham (Ala.) mayor (D) denies gay parade permit
« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2008, 05:17:51 PM »

mayor langford

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Re: Birmingham (Ala.) mayor (D) denies gay parade permit
« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2008, 10:42:24 PM »
One needs to look no further than what The Folsom Street Fair denegrates into to know the mayor made the right decision :-)
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Re: Birmingham (Ala.) mayor (D) denies gay parade permit
« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2008, 11:08:58 PM »
LOL

"magically delicious"

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Re: Birmingham (Ala.) mayor (D) denies gay parade permit
« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2008, 07:18:19 AM »
Quote from: Toastedturningtidelegs on May 25, 2008, 10:42:24 PM
One needs to look no further than what The Folsom Street Fair denegrates into to know the mayor made the right decision :-)

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Re: Birmingham (Ala.) mayor (D) denies gay parade permit
« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2008, 08:30:28 AM »
Quote from: RedTail on May 25, 2008, 03:03:43 PM
I'm for rights, but the parades annoy me.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Hlsl7bPQg[/youtube]

I think Ralphie May says it best.

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Re: Birmingham (Ala.) mayor (D) denies gay parade permit
« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2008, 08:58:54 AM »
"They done took the rainbow"  :rotf:
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Re: Birmingham (Ala.) mayor (D) denies gay parade permit
« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2008, 09:02:55 AM »
The blacks I worked with were highly offended when these queers tried to associate their so called rights with MLK and the civil rights of their race.
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Re: Birmingham (Ala.) mayor (D) denies gay parade permit
« Reply #15 on: May 26, 2008, 09:33:58 AM »
Quote from: Chris on May 25, 2008, 02:20:55 PM
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"I don't think I'm intolerant, I just don't condone the lifestyle," he said. "Your personal lifestyle should be nobody's issue but yours. It's not a civil rights issue, it's a personal choice issue."

First smart thing I've heard from a Democrat politician in years.

Sounds like he needs the traditional religious Black constituency (and in fairness probably is much more aligned with it) than he needs these in-your-face poufters who will piss them off.  Under the bus with them!
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Re: Birmingham (Ala.) mayor (D) denies gay parade permit
« Reply #16 on: May 26, 2008, 10:25:56 AM »
Here you go :-) Warning very graphic!!!http://www.zombietime.com/folsom_sf_2007_part_1/index.php I believe one of the Dixies here found this a while back  :cheersmate:
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Re: Birmingham (Ala.) mayor (D) denies gay parade permit
« Reply #17 on: May 26, 2008, 10:53:47 AM »
The queers have set their sights on Birmingham.....soon to be known as

San Fransissyco East.
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Re: Birmingham (Ala.) mayor (D) denies gay parade permit
« Reply #18 on: May 26, 2008, 11:19:48 AM »
Well, that was an education. Never paid much attention before! All sympathy I had for the gay lifestyle just went down the sewers of San Francisco. Someone once said San Francisco was a shithole, now I know why! Jeez!
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Re: Birmingham (Ala.) mayor (D) denies gay parade permit
« Reply #19 on: May 26, 2008, 11:41:48 AM »
Now let's get this straight  :tongue: They call this gay pride why?  :rotf: :rotf:


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