News clips from St. Patrick's Day protest!

Here's the big, serious round-up of NYC and US press clips from yesterday's protest! International press clips will be posted shortly. xo IQ
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Village Voice | March 18, 2014 | Anna Merlan

This Was The Gayest St. Patrick's Day Ever, Relatively Speaking

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2014/03/st_patricks_day_stonewall_inn_guinness_parade_homophobia.php

Village Voice | March 18, 2014 | Jenna Pope

Irish Queers Rally at St. Patrick's Day Parade (PHOTOS)

http://www.villagevoice.com/slideshow/irish-queers-rally-at-st-patricks-day-parade-41020375/

ABC News New York | March 17, 2014 | Dave Evans

St. Patrick's Day parade proceeds amid tension over gays

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9468434

The Advocate | March 17, 2014 | Michelle Garcia

A Brief History of Gays and the St. Patrick's Day Parade http://www.advocate.com/politics/2014/03/17/brief-history-gays-and-st-patricks-day-parade

Al Jazeera | March 17, 2014

St Patrick's parades held in US amid gay row

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2014/03/st-patrick-parades-held-us-amid-gay-row-2014317201151506795.html

amNewYork | March 17, 2014 | Morgan Lyle

St. Patrick's Day parade brings thousands to Fifth Ave.

http://www.amny.com/news/st-patrick-s-day-parade-brings-thousands-to-fifth-ave-1.7419790

amNewYork | March 17, 2014

Photos of the St. Patrick's Day Parade In NYC

http://www.amny.com/news/photos-of-the-st-patrick-s-day-parade-in-nyc-1.7416260

amNewYork | March 17, 2014

Guinness pulls out of NYC parade over gay ban

http://www.amny.com/news/guinness-pulls-out-of-nyc-parade-over-gay-ban-1.7412789

amNewYork | March 17, 2014 | Dan Rivoli

Catholic League head calls for Catholic boycott of beer

http://www.amny.com/news/catholic-league-head-calls-for-catholic-boycott-of-beer-1.7416245

Associated Press | March 17, 2014 | Meghan Barr and Verena Dobnik

St. Pat's parades proceed amid tension over gays

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/st-pats-parades-proceed-amid-tension-over-gays

Associated Press TV via amNewYork | March 17, 2014

Guinness Ends NYC St. Pat's Parade Sponsorship [Video]

http://www.amny.com/news/guinness-ends-nyc-st-pat-s-parade-sponsorship-1.7411849

Associated Press via Wall Street Journal | March 17, 2014

NYC mayor honors Ireland's prime minister

http://online.wsj.com/article/AP27f93175a9fe4140868dd54712a1342b.html

Capital New York | March 17, 2014 | Sally Goldenberg

Amid disagreements, De Blasio celebrates the Irish

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2014/03/8542089/amid-disagreements-de-blasio-celebrates-irish

CBS News New York | March 17, 2014

NYC’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade Marches Up Fifth Avenue Amid Controversy [Audio, Video]

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/03/17/spectators-set-to-line-fifth-avenue-for-nycs-st-patricks-day-parade/

Channel 11 WPIX News | March 16, 2014 | Alyssa Zauderer

Guinness Beer drops sponsorship of NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade over LGBT policy [Video]

http://pix11.com/2014/03/16/guinness-beer-drops-sponsorship-of-nyc-st-patricks-day-parade-over-lgbt-policy/

Channel 12 News Long Island | March 14, 2014

St. Patrick's Day Parade held in NYC amid tensions over LGBT inclusion [Video]

http://longisland.news12.com/news/st-patrick-s-day-parade-held-in-nyc-amid-tensions-over-lgbt-inclusion-1.7412592

Channel 41 WXTV Univision | March 16, 2014

Desfile de San Patricio lleno de controversias

http://nuevayork.univision.com/videos/video/2014-03-17/desfile-de-san-patricio-lleno

Christian Science Monitor | March 17, 2014 | Karis Hustad

Why beer brands side with gay community, not St. Patrick's parades

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2014/0317/Why-beer-brands-side-with-gay-community-not-St.-Patrick-s-parades

Christian Science Monitor | March 17, 2014 | Noelle Swan

St. Patrick's Day: How did it become a flashpoint for gay rights? [Video]

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2014/0317/St.-Patrick-s-Day-How-did-it-become-a-flashpoint-for-gay-rights-video

CNN | March 17, 2014 | Haimy Assefa

New York, Boston mayors back LGBT groups, reject St. Patrick's Day parades

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/17/us/mayors-st-patricks-day-parades/

CNN | March 17, 2014 | Richard Quest

Guinness: Ending sponsorship right thing [Video]

http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/business/2014/03/17/qmb-guinness-parade-sponsorship-larry-schwartz-intv.cnn

The Daily Beast | March 17, 2014 | Michael Tomasky

The Grotesque Ban On Gays In New York’s St Patrick’s Day Parade

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/17/the-grotesque-ban-on-gays-in-new-york-s-st-patrick-s-day-parade.html

Daily Caller | March 17, 2014 | Caroline May

Beer companies protest exclusion of gays from parade technically celebrating Christian saint

http://dailycaller.com/2014/03/17/beer-companies-protest-exclusion-of-gays-from-parade-technically-celebrating-christian-saint/

Daily Mail | March 17, 2014 

New York City's St. Patrick's Day parade attracts more than a million spectators including gay protesters along the route [Video]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2583021/New-York-Citys-St-Patricks-Day-parade-attracts-million-spectators-including-gay-protesters-route.html

DNAinfo | March 17, 2014 | Gustavo Solis and Colby Hamilton

St. Patrick's Day Parade Fills Fifth Ave. Despite Controversy

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140317/midtown/st-patricks-day-parade-fills-fifth-ave-despite-controversy

Fox News New York | March 17, 2014

NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade

http://www.myfoxny.com/story/24992131/nyc-st-patricks-day-parade-traffic-and-transit-alert

Gay City News | March 17, 2014 | Andy Humm

With Fewer Sponsors, Anti-Gay St. Pat’s Parade Protested for 23rd Year

http://gaycitynews.com/fewer-sponsors-anti-gay-st-pats-parade-protested-23rd-year/

Gothamist | March 17, 2014 | Camille Lawhead

'No (Gay) Irish Need Apply': LGBTQ Groups Protest St. Patrick's Day Parade

http://gothamist.com/2014/03/17/while_mayor_bill_de_blasio.php#photo-1

Gothamist | March 16, 2014 | Rebecca Fishbein

[UPDATED] Heineken, Sam Adams Pull Out Of St. Patrick's Parades Over LGBTQ Ban

http://gothamist.com/2014/03/16/heineken_sam_adams_pull_out_of_st_p.php

Gothamist | March 17, 2014 | Nell Casey

Stonewall Inn Restocks Guinness As Company Pulls Support Of St. Patrick's Day Parade

http://gothamist.com/2014/03/17/guinness_st_patricks_day.php

The Guardian | March 17, 2014 | Amanda Holpuch and Kayla Epstein

Ford among few remaining supporters of New York's St Patrick's Day parade

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/17/ford-supporters-new-york-lgbt-st-patricks-day-parade

Huffington Post | March 17, 2014 | Caelainn Hogan

St. Patrick's Day Parade's 'Disgraceful' Message to Irish LGBTQ Community

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/caelainn-hogan-/new-york-st-patricks-day-parade_b_4979161.html

IrishCentral | March 17, 2014 | Kate Hickey

New York City St Patrick's Day parade 2014 [Photos]

http://www.irishcentral.com/photo/New-York-City-St-Patricks-Day-parade-2014.html

IrishCentral | March 17, 2014 | Niall O'Dowd

Bill De Blasio mends fences with Irish but no mention of parade

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/politics/Bill-De-Blasio-mends-fences-with-Irish-but-no-mention-of-parade.html

IrishCentral | March 17, 2014 | Niall O'Dowd

Guinness withdraws from NY parade, says they want to help find a solution

http://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/niallodowd/Excluding-gays-proving-disastrous-for-business-for-StPatricks-parades-.html

IrishCentral | March 17, 2014 | Patrick Counihan

Irish Americans upset with New York’s Mayor de Blasio says NY Times

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/politics/Irish-Americans-upset-with-New-Yorks-Mayor-de-Blasio-says-NY-Times.html

IrishCentral | March 17, 2014 | Cahir O'Doherty

Welcome to your traditional St. Patrick's PR nightmare, Enda Kenny

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/politics/Welcome-to-your-traditional-St-Pats-PR-nightmare-Enda-Kenny.html

IrishCentral | March 16, 2014 | Niall O'Dowd

Excluding gays proving disastrous for business for St.Patrick’s parades

http://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/niallodowd/Excluding-gays-proving-disastrous-for-business-for-StPatricks-parades-.html

Irish Examiner | March 18, 2014 | Mary Regan

Taoiseach ‘proud’ to march in parade decried as homophobic

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/taoiseach-proud-to-march-in-parade-decried-as-homophobic-262355.html

Irish Times | March 17, 2014 | Simon Carswell

Taoiseach misses gay protest at New York St Patrick’s Day parade

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/taoiseach-misses-gay-protest-at-new-york-st-patrick-s-day-parade-1.1728681

Irish Times | March 17, 2014 | Simon Carswell

Taoiseach defends decision to march in New York parade

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/taoiseach-defends-decision-to-march-in-new-york-parade-1.1728472

Latin Post | March 17, 2014 | Matthew Reis

St. Patricks Day Parade Celebrations and Scandal

http://www.latinpost.com/articles/9062/20140317/st-patricks-day-parade-celebrations-scandal.htm

MassLive | March 17, 2014 | Conor Berry

Gays are OK in Dublin St. Patrick's Day parade, but must remain closeted in Boston, New York parades

http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2014/03/gays_are_ok_in_dublin_and_cork.html

Mediaite | March 17, 2014 | Luke O'Neil

Guinness Pulls Out of NYC’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade over LGBT Snub

http://www.mediaite.com/online/guinness-pulls-out-of-nycs-st-patricks-day-parade-over-lgbt-snub/

Media Matters | March 14, 2014 | Carlos Maza

Fox News' Defense Of Anti-Gay Discrimination At NYC's St. Patrick's Day Parade

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/03/14/fox-news-defense-of-anti-gay-discrimination-at/198488

Media Research Center - Newsbusters | March 17, 2014 | Scott Whitlock

ABC, NBC Push a St. Patrick’s Day ‘Controversy Hanging Over’ Gays Not Marching in Parades

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2014/03/17/abc-nbc-push-st-patrick-s-day-controversy-hanging-over-gays-marching

Metro New York | March 7, 2014

PHOTOS: New York St. Patrick’s Day Parade marred by boycotts [Photos]

http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/local/2014/03/17/photos-new-york-st-patricks-day-parade-marred-boycotts/

Mother Jones | March 17, 2014 | Asawin Suebsaeng

Guinness and Other Beers Pull Out of St. Patrick's Day Parade Over Ban on Openly Gay Marchers

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/03/heineken-sam-adams-guinness-st-patricks-day-parade-pull-sponsorships-lgbt-ban

NBC News New York | March 17, 2014

NYC Celebrates St. Patrick's Day With Parade Up Fifth Avenue [Photos]

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/watch-live-st-patricks-day-parade-2014-new-york-city-5th-Avenue-250231661.html

Newsday | March 17, 2014 | Morgan Lyle

Thousands brave cold temps at St. Pat's parade [Video]

http://www.newsday.com/news/thousands-brave-cold-temps-at-st-pat-s-parade-1.7419198

Newsday | March 17, 2014

NYC's St. Patrick's Day parade 2014 [Photos]

http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/nyc-s-st-patrick-s-day-parade-2014-1.7414416#1

Newsweek | March 17, 2014 | Victoria Bekiempis

Guinness Opts Out of NYC’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade Over Anti-Gay Policy

http://www.newsweek.com/guinness-opts-out-nycs-st-patricks-day-parade-over-anti-gay-policy-232118

New York 1 News - Time Warner Cable | March 17, 2014

Fifth Avenue Goes Green for Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade

http://www.ny1.com/content/news/205355/fifth-avenue-goes-green-for-annual-st--patrick-s-day-parade

New York Daily News | March 18, 2014 | Jennifer Fermino

Mayor de Blasio honors the Irish on St. Patrick's Day while skipping the parade

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/mayor-de-blasio-honors-irish-st-patrick-day-skips-parade-article-1.1725080

New York Daily News | March 17, 2014 | Caitlin Nolan and Ginger Adams Otis 

Raining on their parade: Fight over rights of gays to march openly on St. Patrick's Day dampens mood of festivity

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/gay-rights-fight-dampens-mood-st-patrick-parade-article-1.1724231

New York Daily News | March 17, 2014

Patrick's Day Parade kicks off in New York City [Photos]

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/st-patrick-day-parade-new-york-city-gallery-1.1724481

New York Daily News | March 17, 2014 | Denis Hamill

Hamill: Cheers to Guinness, the Pope for rejecting bigotry on St. Patrick's Day

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/hamill-cheers-guinness-pope-rejecting-bigotry-st-patrick-day-article-1.1724815

New York Daily News | March 17, 2014

Readers sound off on the St. Patrick’s Day Parade

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/pain-behind-today-parade-article-1.1722343

New York Magazine | March 16, 2014 | Margaret Hartmann

The Gay Rights Battle Over New York’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade: A History [Video]

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/03/gay-rights-st-patricks-day-parade.html

New York Post | March 18, 2014 | Antonio Antenucci, Amber Sutherland and Lorena Mongelli

Huge crowds turn out for St. Patrick’s Day Parade

http://nypost.com/2014/03/18/huge-crowds-turn-out-for-st-patricks-day-parade/

New York Post | March 17, 2014 | Richard Johnson

Boycotting Heineken and Guinness

http://pagesix.com/2014/03/17/boycotting-heineken-and-guinness/?_ga=1.134939633.18070922.1380463395

New York Post | March 16, 2014 | Leonard Greene

Guinness ditches St. Paddy’s parade over LGBT ban

http://nypost.com/2014/03/16/guinness-pulls-sponsorship-from-st-pattys-parade-over-lgbt-ban/

New York Times | March 17, 2014 | Robert Mackey

Murdoch Urges Irish to Boycott Guinness Over Its Embrace of Gay Rights

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/murdoch-urges-irish-to-boycott-guinness-over-its-embrace-of-gay-rights/

New York Times | March 17, 2014

A Parade Goes On Without the Mayor [Photos]

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/a-parade-goes-on-without-the-mayor/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

New York Times | March 16, 2014 | Ashley Southall

Guinness Withdraws Sponsorship of St. Patrick’s Day Parade

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/nyregion/guinness-withdraws-sponsorship-of-st-patricks-day-parade.html?_r=1

New York Times | March 16, 2014 | Michael Grynbaum and Nikita Stewart

Amid Mayoral Missteps and Snubs of Parades, Irish Eyes Are Rolling in New York

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/nyregion/amid-mayoral-missteps-irish-eyes-are-rolling-in-new-york-city.html?hpw&rref=nyregion

Out | March 17, 2014

Rupert Murdoch Urges Boycott of Pro-Equality Guinness

http://www.out.com/news-opinion/2014/03/17/rupert-murdoch-urges-boycott-pro-equality-guinness

Politicker | March 17, 2014 | Jill Colvin

De Blasio Kicks Off St. Patrick’s Day With Gracie Breakfast

http://politicker.com/2014/03/de-blasio-kicks-off-st-patricks-day-with-gracie-breakfast/

Reuters | March 17, 2014 | Victoria Cavaliere

New York's St. Patrick's parade marches on amid gay rights controversy

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/17/us-usa-new-york-st-patricks-idUSBREA2G1E120140317

Reuters | March 17, 2014

Demonstrators protest as members of the FDNY Pipes and Drums Em march during the St. Patrick's Day parade in New York [Photo]

http://www.trust.org/item/20140317183411-3lsog/

Demonstrators protest as members of the FDNY Pipes and Drums Em march during the St. Patrick's Day parade in New York [Photo]

http://www.trust.org/item/20140317180638-vfetx/

Demonstrators protest as members of the NYPD march during the St. Patrick's Day parade in New York [Photo]

http://www.trust.org/item/20140317180238-qvazt/

Demonstrators protest as members of the NYPD march during the St. Patrick's Day parade in New York [Photo]

http://www.trust.org/item/20140317180338-r4mie/

Reuters | March 16, 2014 | Elizabeth Barber

Guinness pulls out of NY's St. Patrick's parade over ban on gays

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/17/us-usa-boston-st-patricks-idUSBREA2F0HY20140317

Reuters | March 15, 2014 | Anna Hiatt

Beer makers drop out of St. Pat's parades that ban openly gay marchers

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/15/usa-parade-beer-idUSL2N0MB1Z720140315

Salon | March 17, 2014 | Mary Elizabeth Williams

The fight for LGBT equality will be won with beer

http://www.salon.com/2014/03/17/the_fight_for_lgbt_equality_will_be_won_with_beer/

Staten Island Advance | March 17, 2014 | Mark D. Stein

St. Patrick's Day 2014: Staten Island goes green at annual Fifth Avenue parade (with photos)

http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/03/st_patricks_day_2014_staten_is.html#incart_river

United Press International | March 17, 2014 | Aileen Graef

Irish politicians criticize U.S. LGBT exclusion in St. Patrick's Day parades

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/03/17/Irish-politicians-criticize-US-LGBT-exclusion-in-St-Patricks-Day-parades/8711395078869/

Vice News | March 16, 2014 | Mary O'Hara

The St. Patrick’s Day Parade LGBT Ban Is Distinctly American

https://news.vice.com/articles/the-st-patrick-s-day-parade-lgbt-ban-is-distinctly-american

Voice of America | March 17, 2014 | Adam Phillips

NYC Hosts St. Patrick's Day Parade

http://www.voanews.com/content/nyc-hosts-st-patricks-parade/1873351.html

Wall Street Journal | March 17, 2014 | Michael Howard Saul

Without Mayor de Blasio, St. Patrick's Day Parade Marches On

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304017604579445241290163918

Wall Street Journal

Photos: St. Patrick’s Day Marches On in New York City

http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2014/03/17/photos-st-patricks-day-marches-on-in-new-york-city/?mod=newsreel

Washington Times | March 17, 2014

EDITORIAL: Keep St. Patrick’s Day parades free of gay politics

De Blasio, Walsh want to make the saint’s day all about sex

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/17/editorial-leave-st-patrick-alone/

WNYC Radio News | March 17, 2014 | Stephen Nessen

PHOTOS: Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade Picketed by Protesters

http://www.wnyc.org/story/photos-st-patricks-day-parade-2014-picketed/

WNYC Radio News | March 17, 2014 | Kathleen Horan

Bratton Says He Marched to Honor NYPD Tradition, Not Against Gay Groups [Audio]

http://www.wnyc.org/story/bratton_marched_to_honor_nypd_tradition_not_against_gay_groups/

WNYC Radio| March 17, 2014 

Brian Lehrer Show - Irish-American Grievances

http://www.wnyc.org/story/irish-american-grievances/

WNYC Radio News | March 16, 2014 | Sarah Hayley Barrett

Why the Furor Over Manhattan's St. Patrick's Day Parade?

http://www.wnyc.org/story/explainer-new-yorks-st-patricks-day/

Associated Press Images | March 17, 2014

253rd Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade

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Associated Press Images | March 17, 2014

St Patrick's Parade

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Compiled by:

Bill Dobbs

March 18, 2014