DON'T ALLOW PROTEST GROUP IN GAY PRIDE PARADE
The organizers of Montreal's Gay Pride parade are wrong to let the protest group known as "Queers against Israeli Apartheid" enter the parade as an organized protest group with banners.
Years ago, much to the disappointment of my accompanying young son, I refused to join my other Board members of Alliance Quebec on a float in the St. Patrick's Day parade because they were running banners protesting election ballots. I didn't feel that a celebration of the Irish community was the proper place to voice a grievance.
And although I might share sympathy with the cause against Israeli policy, I don't think a Gay Pride parade is the place to do it either. Let them hold their protest on their own and allow the participants and spectators of Gay Pride to enjoy their day in the manner as is meant to be: a celebration, not a demonstration.