Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach has stated he discussed the issue of flags and parades with President Clinton. I suggest the New York St. Patrick's Day parade has given new meaning to what James Connolly called the carnival of reaction in its disgraceful refusal to allow people in the LGBT community to parade their identity. The Taoiseach should make some statement in response to this disgraceful decision. Will he comment on rumours that at least if he will not boycott the parade as some of us think he should, he will wear the rainbow badge to symbolise his support for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans community and make some protest over this really outrageous and homophobic decision to ban the LGBT community from the St. Patrick's Day parade in New York?

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