sapphi_snake said:
Maybe in the Netherlands, but I don't really see any other countries where these parades are inappropriate. Western countries aren't as great as they think they are (they're better than other places, but they're still below the desirable standard). |
For the most party, systemic discrimination has been completely eliminated in the western world ...
About the only "right" that is being "denied" to gay people in a widespread way is marriage; and more often than not that debate is not about whether homosexual couples should have the same rights as a straight couple, it is about whether the traditions surrounding marriage can be protected. Essentially, it isn't that much different between the debate over a Heterosexual pride parade, because I'm certain that the bulk of complaints over this parade is that the group is taking the name of something that is meaningful to them and warping it into something else.