We are Family: Chicago school to march in Pride Parade
We are Family: Chicago school to march in Pride Parade
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#1We are Family: Chicago school to march in Pride Parade
Posted: 6/25/09 at 12:46pm
The black metal fence in front of Nettelhorst Elementary School is obscured by thousands of strips of dyed fabric -- yellows giving way to greens, then blues, purples and reds -- each one tied on by the small hands of a student.
The ruffled, waist-high rainbow is a symbol of the school's solidarity with its east Lakeview community, and a sign hanging by the gate trumpets that Nettelhorst this year "will be the first Chicago public school to march in the city's gay pride parade."
"We believe family means everybody," the sign reads.
Amy Goodman agrees with that. She'll be in the parade at noon Sunday with her husband, towing their 6-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter in a wagon bedecked in rainbows.
Nettelhorst Elementary School to show solidarity with surrounding gay community
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#2re: We are Family: Chicago school to march in Pride Parade
Posted: 6/25/09 at 12:50pm
The rainbow fence
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#2re: We are Family: Chicago school to march in Pride Parade
Posted: 6/25/09 at 12:59pm
Among the few dissenting voices in the community is Tom Mannis, a blogger for conservative blog RogersParkBench.blogspot.com.
"I was walking through the neighborhood, and I came across the school, and the display of very pretty multicolored cloths. I thought it would make a nice picture. When I read the placard [that explains the display), all kinds of thoughts went through my head," said Mannis. "I have nothing against gay people, I'm not a homophobe, and I have nothing against the parade. But I step back and say, 'What is the gay pride parade as it happens here?' Drunk men with their asses hanging out of tutus."
If you visit his blog, you'll find "Not a Homophobe" Mannis says that the Lakeview neighborhood in Chicago's primary purpose is to promote anal sex.
Windy City Times
Updated On: 6/25/09 at 12:59 PM
#3re: We are Family: Chicago school to march in Pride Parade
Posted: 6/25/09 at 1:03pmI'm glad the school is taking a proactive step to teach that it's okay and there's nothing wrong with it.
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
#4re: We are Family: Chicago school to march in Pride Parade
Posted: 6/25/09 at 1:07pm
Dear Mr. Mannis:
We don't call the pieces of attire our asses hang out of "tutus."
We call them "chaps."
Your pal,
Joey
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#5re: We are Family: Chicago school to march in Pride Parade
Posted: 6/25/09 at 1:26pm
Be sure to read the comments if you check out the Chicago Tribune story. Not only are they giving that Rogers Park Blogger hell, they are getting a LOT of mileage out of a commentator who bemoans the fact that school children are being used as "Prawns" in this battle.
I think we can all agree; Children should not be used as prawns.
Q
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#6re: We are Family: Chicago school to march in Pride Parade
Posted: 6/25/09 at 1:34pmI love that picture.
#7re: We are Family: Chicago school to march in Pride Parade
Posted: 6/25/09 at 1:35pm
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
#8re: We are Family: Chicago school to march in Pride Parade
Posted: 6/25/09 at 1:38pmYAY! I'm very excited about this. The comments get sort of bizarre. Especially those who believe the kids are being forced to do this, possibly against the will of the parents. I guess they don't understand how public schools operate, where you can't just take children off school property without written consent OR have any knowledge about the location and neighborhood where the school is located. You don't accidentally raise small children two blocks from Boystown with such fierce condemnation of the glibbits. If you do, you only have your idiotic self to blame.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#9marauding gays to molest school kids while hand wringing bloggers drool
Posted: 6/25/09 at 1:43pmmmmm, peel and eat school kids. nothing better!
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...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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#10re: We are Family: Chicago school to march in Pride Parade
Posted: 6/25/09 at 1:44pmChicago's Boystown has had it's battles with the Heterosexual homesteaders. There was a bar who fought a lengthy & very expensive battle after a condominium went in next door and a unit owner began calling the police on them every night. And it wasn't that long ago that the Pleasure Chest had numerous complaints from parents that they didn't want a sex shop in the neighborhood where they were raising their kids. It's good to see the pendulum has swung and everyone is getting along.
winston89
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#11re: We are Family: Chicago school to march in Pride Parade
Posted: 6/25/09 at 1:44pm
Matt you're right. It's as if these people never attended school themselves and never heard of a thing called a permission slip. I didn't go to public middle or high school but they still used them in my private school. They have to understand that if you're a child at a school and you're under the age of 18 that the school can't force you to do anything without your parents giving the green light.
Hell, when I turned 18 at the beginning of my senior year of high school and there was a class trip, I got yelled at if I told them that I didn't want to go or refused to give my parents the permission slip on the grounds that I am of legal age to make these choices on my own.
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#12re: We are Family: Chicago school to march in Pride Parade
Posted: 6/25/09 at 1:57pm
"they are getting a LOT of mileage out of a commentator who bemoans the fact that school children are being used as "Prawns" in this battle."
By any chance was the commentator's name - Mr Roxy?
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Updated On: 6/25/09 at 01:57 PM
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#13re: We are Family: Chicago school to march in Pride Parade
Posted: 6/25/09 at 2:11pmHmmm he did say "Put a fork in those Prawns- They're done!"
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#14re: We are Family: Chicago school to march in Pride Parade
Posted: 6/25/09 at 2:20pmI am gay and I personally would not take a child to gay pride. I am still shocked by some of the things I see...
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#15re: We are Family: Chicago school to march in Pride Parade
Posted: 6/25/09 at 2:34pmI am Irish and I personally would not take a child to the St. Patrick's Day Parade. I am still shocked by some of the things I see...
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