{"id":20741,"date":"2018-08-05T12:11:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T12:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=20741"},"modified":"2018-08-05T12:17:40","modified_gmt":"2018-08-05T12:17:40","slug":"north-carolina-parade-canceled-after-deciding-lgbtq-families-cant-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2018\/08\/north-carolina-parade-canceled-after-deciding-lgbtq-families-cant-march\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina parade canceled after deciding LGBTQ families can&#8217;t march"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/pflag8518.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"274\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20742\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"outstream_div\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.anq.push(function() {\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/\/signal to script that this DOM element has been loaded and is ready to be populated with an ad\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.showTag('outstream_div');\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>The Holiday Caravan Parade was an annual Thanksgiving tradition in Spencer, North Carolina, and the neighboring town of Salisbury. Last year, organizers decided that LGBTQ families weren\u2019t welcome to participate.<\/p>\n<p>Parade organizers banned a float sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/avitapharmacy.com\" target=\"_blank\">AVITA Pharmacy<\/a> because the company invited members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pflag.org\" target=\"_blank\">local PFLAG chapter<\/a> to ride and march with them. Donna Brown Odrosky, president of the chapter, said at the time that organizers objected to their rainbow paraphernalia and black PFLAG t-shirts.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgbtqnation.com\/2018\/08\/north-carolina-parade-shuts-refuse-let-lgbtq-families-march\/\" target=\"_blank\">LGBTQ Nation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Organizers said that the pharmacy violated the rules by allowing another group to advertise their message with &#8220;signage, apparel, fliers&#8221; without prior approval. <\/p>\n<p>After Odrosky accused them of discrimination, the organizers allegedly received hate mail and threats to protest the 2018 parade from outraged residents and from around the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Now they\u2019re blaming the response they got to their decision to ban the LGBTQ group for canceling the 58-year tradition altogether.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=172516468500&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:comments numposts=\"10\" width=\"425\" publish_feed=\"true\"><\/fb:comments><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Holiday Caravan Parade was an annual Thanksgiving tradition in Spencer, North Carolina, and the neighboring town of Salisbury. 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