The funny thing about jerks, bigots, blowhards, and idiots is that they truly believe that everybody else is just like them.The jerk in this case is Bill Donahue, leader of the Catholic League. He was annoyed at beer companies for pulling sponsorship of the New York or Boston St. Patrick's Day parades because gay people were not allowed to carry banners. So he set out to prove who the "real bigots" are. He went to the leaders of the New York Gay Pride Parade and requested he be allowed to march under the banner "Straight is Great." Gay people would surely find that offensive! They wouldn't dare let him march.
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But we have lots of straight allies and most of us come from straight parents. Being straight is just as great as being gay. There are even some Catholic supporters. So the leaders said, Sure. No problem. We'll even help you carry the banner.
Not the answer he wanted to hear. There goes his claim to bigotry. And he did not want to march in a gay parade! So he complained about having to go to the gay training session. No way was he going to be trained in how to be gay!
Except, of course, the training is really about how to have a safe parade.
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