[darkpuppet]

NOS2Go4Me,Mar 22 2006, 01:29 PM Wrote:A Focus cruise is a meeting of car owners and like-minded enthusiasts who get together to swap stories, sell parts and have a good time while generally fostering a sense of community.

that's pretty much a description of the gay pride parade actually.

The pride parade is hardly what people make it out to be in the news snippets and whatnot. The first time I ever stumbled on it, I honestly had no idea what it was. I thought it was this 'caribana' that everyone was talking about.

Then I read the sign on a float.. the gay men's hockey association... that's about the point I started to notice men holding hands.

But how is that any worse than you and your wife holding hands? I'm all for public displays of affection, I'm not going to hump the girl on the street corner, but I'm not going to hermetically seal myself off from her in public. And neither should gays.

Caribanna, the jazz festival, st patrick's day, the MOLSON INDY..... I've seen more debauch displays in public during these festivities than I have at the pride parade.

They're out there celebrating something that has a meaning for them. It's like any of the numerous goth/jazz/sporting festivals that take place... you'll find trouble if you're looking for it, but to a casual observer, it's no different than going to a night club.

It's like people who protest against Hooters. like seriously, have they been to hooters lately? the women are hotter and wear infinitely less at Moxie's.. and have better food.