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[–] FAX_ME_YOUR_REPORTS 4 points 4 points (+8|-4) ago 

I am not even homophobic and I wouldn't want a gay pride parade coming through my suburbs either. In its core, it's a commercialized, loud event which I don't think achieves its goal anymore. It's mainly preaching to the choir, because people who already accept gay people as a regular part of the society don't really need to have the awareness spread to them, and people who are homophobic will just be annoyed by gay people even more due to this event. I honestly don't know what the solution to homophobia is, but I am fairly sure having annual pride parades is not it.

Moreover, carrying out any kind of parade in a city implies a whole bunch of practical issues for the city's residents. I remember I had to go to work during one of the parade days and getting through the city center during the time was a complete mess where everything has been blocked out.

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[–] setitimer 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

You can be annoyed by gay pride parades without being homophobic.

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[–] deathcomesilent 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

That would be news to a lot of people, I think.