Pride?!?

In 2009 and in one of his first acts in office, Barack Obama issued Presidential Proclamation 8387. [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=86222] This proclamation designated the month of June as “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month.” He followed this up with similar proclamations in each of his following seven years in office.

The month, peppered with “Pride celebrations” in the form of marches, parades, festivals across the nation, supposedly is to acknowledge how “LGBT Americans have made, and continue to make, great and lasting contributions that continue to strengthen the fabric of American society.”

While that certainly seems laudable enough as we look around our nation each June its important to ask, “Is that what’s happening?” Are today’s LGBT pride events truly an acknowledgement & celebration of the contributions LGBT individuals have made to our republic or are they, …something else?

Anyone with the stomach for it can do a simple article and/or image search on keywords “pride parade nudity” and come face-to-face with the realities of what these events really are.

In fact they are little more than excuses for people to take to the streets, behave like hooligans, flaunt all sorts of lewdness, all forms of debauchery, chants and signs using the most profane language imaginable, F*** the police themes everywhere. There are people walking around naked, yes completely naked, both men and women with nothing on but a wrist watch, displaying their genitals for all to see including children. And we’re not just talking about 2 or 3 wingnuts here, we’re talking people by the hundreds.

The levels of disgusting disrespect and outright hostility for the names of God and Jesus are so far beyond the pale its not worth mentioning but if you’ve never seen images of the “Hunky Jesus” contest, count your blessings, if you’re unaware who the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” are, count them doubly so.

And this year, perhaps egged on by all the violence leftists began routinely engaging in since the November 2016 elections, we’ve seen an unprecedented level of violence accompanying ‘pride parades.’

As if law enforcement doesn’t have problems enough, fisticuffs & all out street brawls erupted in San Francisco [https://downtrend.com/donn-marten/revelers-exchange-blows-at-san-francisco-pride-event/] (**WARNING, this video is NOT safe for work or children), Chicago [ https://www.themaven.net/bluelivesmatter/news/video-civilian-panel-to-investigate-tactics-used-to-break-up-pride-street-brawl-sSUt2_P8okaJKyYcuT6n4Q/] (neither is this one) and other cities.

And through it all – donnybrooks, nudity in front of children, rampant profanity, ‘Hunky Jesus’ and worse – they are all the while proclaiming the need for you (if you’re reading this & self-identify as a conservative) to become more tolerant and drop your hate.

None of which really is the point of this essay, however.

How do events like these promote ‘pride’? Are these parades & festivals truly recognizing the accomplishments of members of the LGBT community or really doing anything to aid in the blending of lifestyles and of people in our society? Does taking to the streets (naked), chanting “We’re here, we’re queer, get over it!!” and “F*** the police!!” really send a message of unity? Is it helping, …anything?

The question has to be asked, would cities be better off just to cancel these parades & events altogether? Citizens attacking one another, putting law enforcement in harms way, civilians ending up in emergency rooms and in jail, tens of thousands of dollars of clean up and repairs to be done when its all over and for what? A ‘celebration’ of ‘pride’? Is that really what these events are, or have they become something else?