One good deed doesn’t always get you another: Justin’s Gift, an LGBT youth group formed after the 2010 suicide of Justin Aaberg in Anoka, Minnesota, was told it couldn’t walk in the town’s annual Halloween parade.
Minneapolis’ City Pages reports parade organizers told the kids “there were too many people already walking in the parade.”
That’s a new spin on “no room at the inn.” Granted, groups miss deadlines and parades get overcrowded, but given the Anoka-Hennepin School District’s abysmal record in reaching out to LGBT youth, and the rash of suicides that plagued the region in recent years, you’d think they’d be smarter than this. Even if only to avoid the horrible PR.
A Change.org petition is calling on organizers of the march to reconsider their decision.
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Taliaferro
Intolerant bigots never grow, mature or change. Their hatred is what keeps them alive.
They desperately need to feel better, more righteous and superior to someone. The LGBT
community has been a favorite and easy target for years. Now people in Justin’s Gift, get together
and make this a Halloween to remember for those shunned.
balehead
Minnesota, Manitoba what’s the differnece…
Ruhlmann
@balehead: You’ve gotta be kidding. What’s the difference? No matter where you are in Canada we have 100% equality.