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MassEquality loses parade march bid

Organizers deny gay group permits

State House News Service

  March 16, 2012

Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people will not be marching in the annual South Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade on Sunday after two groups received rejection letters from organizers. MassEquality, a nonprofit organization that advocates for the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender residents, applied to march in the parade organized by the Allied War Veterans Council. The veterans group said no, citing the 1995 US Supreme Court case.

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