This was the second year that our church had a “float,” a decked out pickup truck for children and those for whom the walk was difficult at the Providence Gay Pride parade. This is one part of a big deal in our congregation, the celebration of our GBLTQ members, and part of our public stance in favor of full civil rights for all, symbolized, actually more than symbolized by the quest for marriage equality.
The Gay Pride parades that happen all over this country are rather amazing events.
Of course the event that kicked it all off was in reaction to the Stonewall riots.
It was a spark that fired something else, something much more.
On this day in 1969 the spark was ignited…
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