{"id":95,"date":"2015-03-15T09:30:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T13:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/diversityinclusionma\/?p=95"},"modified":"2023-04-12T11:32:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T15:32:17","slug":"lgbt-groups-to-march-in-bostons-st-patricks-day-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/diversityinclusionma\/2015\/03\/15\/lgbt-groups-to-march-in-bostons-st-patricks-day-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"LGBT Groups to March in Boston\u2019s St. Patrick\u2019s Day Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Longstanding tension seems to have subsided between the Boston LGBT community and the Allied War Veterans Council of South Boston, which sponsors the annual South Boston St. Patrick\u2019s Day Parade each year.\u00a0 In 1994, the Council cancelled the parade after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the Council would not be permitted to exclude the Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston from marching in the parade under a state law prohibiting discrimination on account of sexual orientation in public accommodations.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The following year, the United States Supreme Court turned the SJC\u2019s decision on its head, holding that the Council, a private group of citizens, had the right to exclude a group from its parade that expresses a message the Council did not wish to convey, and that requiring them to do so \u201cviolate[s] the fundamental First Amendment rule that a speaker has the autonomy to choose the content of \u00a0his own message and, conversely, to decide what not to say.\u201d\u00a0 You can read the Court\u2019s decision <a href=\"http:\/\/caselaw.findlaw.com\/us-supreme-court\/515\/557.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In December of 2014, the Council voted 5-4 to allow Boston Pride, an LGBT nonprofit organization that produces events and activities throughout the Boston area, and OUTVETS, a nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring the contributions and sacrifices of LGBTQ veterans, to march in Sunday\u2019s 2015 St. Patrick\u2019s Day Parade in Boston.\u00a0 John Hurley, the Council\u2019s leader who fought against allowing LGBT participants in the parade since the early 1990\u2019s, did not cast a vote on the issue and stepped down from his position as voting member with the Council.\u00a0 In response to the addition of LGBT groups, Mayor Walsh said, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonpride.org\/2015\/03\/breaking-news-time-to-march-forward-on-st-patricks-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">With this year\u2019s parade, Boston is putting years of controversy behind us.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longstanding tension seems to have subsided between the Boston LGBT community and the Allied War Veterans Council of South Boston, which sponsors the annual South Boston St. Patrick&rsquo;s Day Parade each year.&nbsp; 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