After failing to secure a city permit because of its racist views, the Straight Pride event in Modesto, California held its hateful gathering on a sidewalk outside of a closed Planned Parenthood. Estimates say that the Straight Pride attendees numbered just over a dozen while around 200 counter-protestors demonstrated against them.
According to the Los Angeles Blade, the event began with a brief, private morning rally at the nearby Durrer Barn — its owners said they had no idea it had been reserved for a hate rally and they cut the event shortly after learning this. Afterwards, the Straight Pride event began in public around 1 p.m. and was dispersed a little after 3 p.m.. Police separated the bigots and counter-protestors and no major fights were reported.
Straight Pride organizer Don Grundmann — a man who admitted that his group is racist — told a FOX 40 News reporter, “Masculinity it’s okay to be a man. femininity, it’s okay to be a woman. Masculinity, femininity, the natural family of man, woman children, babies, born and unborn western civilization, Caucasians and all people, all of those are basic foundations that are under attack.” …
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Article URL : https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/08/californias-straight-pride-event-attended-20-bigots-200-counter-protestors/