Quickie Link [1]: Small-Town Gay Pride Picnic Prompts Protest [2]

By : vanrozenheim on Jun 03, 2007 - 01:27 PM
GeneralNews [3]
(USA) - The organizers of what is probably Minnesota's smallest gay pride gathering say all they want is a low-key afternoon picnic in a quiet park on the river in this small town. But the gathering Sunday is not without controversy, prompting a small group of locals to stage what they're calling a pro-family picnic a few blocks away. The gay pride picnic is the third annual being put on by the East Central Minnesota Men's Circle, a group of about 75 gay and bisexual men who live from Isanti to Duluth. One member said they formed to counter the isolation that gay people often feel in rural communities.

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Links
  [1] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&catid=5&lead=1
  [2] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1318&lead=1
  [3] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&catid=&topic=1&lead=1
  [4] http://www.in-forum.com/ap/index.cfm?page=view&id=D8PGRA200&forumcomm_check_return