Gay pride hits the streets of downtown Wilmington for annual festival

These parades are not needed to prove to me that you are human.

"Indeed, white males have subjugated others perceived as different or inferior (i.e., ethnic and racial minorities, women, gays/lesbians, Jews, Muslims, atheists, etc.)." You actually believe that tripe? First, let's eliminate the obvious - Jews have done quite well in and for America. There is no shortage of billionaire Jews who have been integral to America's economic success. Many, MANY medical breakthroughs can be credited to Jewish doctors and scientists. I guess the White Guy conspiracy failed there.... Women? Until World War II, women stayed at home. Few wanted to go out and set the world on fire. They were wives and mothers, and that was fine with them. Once the war came and ended, we had a very short period of female activism that has resulted in female CEOs, female cabinet members, female Supreme Court justices, female senators, and female ANYTHING being quite common. I guess the White Guy conspiracy failed again..... and please don't forget that AT&T, headed up by old White Guys, was one of the first companies to hire more females than males, greatly increasing the number of women in the workforce. Blacks? Italians? Chinese? Irish? They ALL went through difficulties in being assimilated fully into American society. (BTW, you may note that two of those groups are "white guys.") We have had two Black Secretaries of State. We have a Black assopciate justice on the Supreme Court and let's not forget that we have a Black president. We have more Black millionaires in America than ever before. (This White Guy conspiracy is starting to sound downright incompetent.....) Now, if you'd care to open your mind and accept reality, you should study American history and realize that America was settled by White Guys who came from White Guy Europe. Any privledge or favor they enjoyed came from being the first to the party. They owned the land. They owned the water. They got here first - they owned everything. Did they do wrong? Sure. Slavery was wrong. The way we treated the Native Americans was wrong. But do not escape this fact: Those White Guys you love to hate basically built this nation. Of course women, Blacks, and lots of other demographic groups were involved and contributed. But those mean ol' White Guys were steering the ship. Men like Frick, Carnegie, Morgan, Rockefeller built the industrial giant that was America not because they were "subjugating" anyone, but because at the time, there WERE no women or Blacks ready to step up to the plate. America would never have reached the heights it did were it not for those mean ol' White guys! Ma'am, the day of blaming White males for all of society's ills ended about forty years ago. Since then, EVERYONE succeeds or fails on their own ability, intelligence, and perserverance. Failure will most assuredly come to those who say, "I can't" or "I quit" regardless of their race, gender, religion, or sexual preference. Perhaps EVERYONE will do better if we stop portraying ourselves as "poor, poor, pitiful me" victims, and got about the business of doing business.

Of course homosexuals are different than heterosexuals, but you're completely ignorant if you think that a festival is a chance to "flaunt their sexuality in everyone's face." Would you say that about the Greek festival that they had in May? They're a group of people with similar views and lifestyles different than the majority of Wilmington. YOU, like so many other ignorant fools, have such a skewed view of homosexuals, mostly either because of what your bible says and you're too afraid to accept something you don't understand. Honestly, minority groups are always going to be minority groups. But it's festivals like this one that allow the members of those groups to share in a commonality for a time. Ha, I don't know why I'm attempting to explain this at all. If you didn't already get it, ya ain't gonna get it. Oh well.

Well.. my opinion on this factor is that God/Jesus for those of your who go to church.. God made a boy and a girl in the beginning. Maybe, just maybe, if God wanted for humans to be Gay or homosexual, he would have made Adam and Steve. Guys, lets be reasonable here, I'm not against Gay pride, but still if it was okay for guys to marry guys, then why do gay people talk like the opposite sex? Would it be right if you were lesbian, and talked like a man? Is that what makes it right, this just shows that you should be matched with the opposite sex, not change your voice so you can lie to yourself thinking of yourself as a different gender. I'm just saying, be yourself, don't change anything, God made you special so honor him and keep it that way.

as a gay women i understand completely what your saying. people of all kinds should celebrate together. but you have to understand discrimination i know for me to this day, a 21 year old female, has yet to stop. sometimes celebrating and being around others not ashamed of what some of society says helps me feel more confident about me myself. alot of people i talk to with more of your view dont quite get it.. why? because you may have not been through it.

Try to have one of these... Confederate History Month Confederate Pride Celebration White History Month White Pride Celebration Christian History Month Christian Pride Celebration SEE what happens... I saw a great bumper sticker... I'm Male, straight and republican...is there ANYTHING else I can do today to tick you off?

Did you know that America is comprised of Minority groups, i.e. homosexuals, african-americans, hispanics, etc.? It is because there are minority groups that there are special events for those groups to share a commonality and be proud of who they are, even if most of America does not approve of their lifestyle. On Television, there is a channel called BET (Black Entertainment Television), a medium for that minority group to express their views on entertainment. Why do you think there is no WET (White Entertainment Television)? Think about it...

"What about a Wilmington Pride celebration that is geared toward all people?" Great idea 284516!......you sound like a good candidate to start a celebration such as you've mentioned. Keep us informed :-)