We took in Gay Pride this year at the coaxing of some good friends. In the past decade or so, to avoid the parade was to love the parade. As it has grown longer and longer over the years (this one clocked in at just over 6 hours!) our ability to deal with the mirth and mayhem has grown less and less. And our attendance this year has not changed our minds in the least. Being caught in a massive block of people who are pushing and shoving and yelling is not our idea of fun. Of course our friends placed themselves down in Greenwich Village where the parade ends and things tend to bottleneck.The parade had the institutions and social centers that have been participating for years. But the pack of political people and candidates pandering for our vote went on endlessly. And we couldn't help but notice that the general complexion of the parade has darkened quite a bit, just like the city that hosts it (someday all New Yorkers will be the color of cafe con leche). There were gay Iranians, gay Israelis, and gay representatives of practically every country south of our border.
Which leads us to wonder......
There was a military coup that overthrew the President of Honduras on Sunday. Could it be that all the president's men were in NYC parading?
Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
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