Re: Federal judge rules Alabama city must allow gay pride float at Christmas parade
Klaus Schadenfreude <[email protected]> Tue, 10 Dec 2024 08:06:55 -0800
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On 12/10/2024 7:06 AM, scooter, the drunken Virginia camper and gutless chickenshit who is frightened to death of Rudy, lied: > > > "Klaus Schadenfreude" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected]... >> On 12/9/2024 8:20 AM, scooter, the drunken Virginia camper and gutless >> chickenshit who is frightened to death of Rudy, lied: >> >>> >>> >>> "useapen" <[email protected]> wrote in message >>> news:[email protected]... >>> >>>> PRATTVILLE, Ala. -- A federal judge has ordered an Alabama city to allow >>>> an LGBTQ+ pride group to participate in the city's Christmas parade on >>>> Friday, after the mayor initially blocked the group from the annual event >>>> citing unspecified “safety concerns.” >>>> >>>> U.S. District Judge R. Austin Huffaker Jr. ruled that the City of >>>> Prattville violated Prattville Pride's First Amendment right to free >>>> speech and 14th Amendment right to equal protection under the law when it >>>> banned the group from running a float in the annual Christmas parade one >>>> day before the event was set to take place. >>>> >>>> “The City removed Prattville Pride from the parade based on its belief >>>> that certain members of the public who oppose Prattville Pride, and what >>>> is stands for, would react in a disruptive way. But discrimination based >>>> on a message’s content 'cannot be tolerated under the First Amendment,' ” >>>> Huffaker wrote in his opinion. >>>> >>>> The ruling required the city to provide at least two police officers to >>>> escort the float throughout the parade. >>> >>> I'm sorry, but unless ALL floats get an escort of 2 police officers >> >> No, scooter. The other floats and parade entries are not at risk of being >> attacked > > How would you know which floats are at risk? Because you haven't threatened violence against them, scooter. But you did threaten violence against the LGBTQ float.