Shocking: anti-Semitic slogans banned from the Toronto Pride parade

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Pride organizers have voted to effectively ban the group Queers Against Israeli Apartheid from this year’s parade.

Councillor Kyle Rae confirmed the decision despite the efforts of Pride Toronto board members to defer the announcement until a news conference on Tuesday.

“Pride has voted to ban the use of ‘Queers Against Israeli Apartheid,’ ” Mr. Rae told the Toronto Sun.

The board reportedly decided to ban the phrase “Israeli apartheid,” but not any individuals or groups from the July 4 event — a sleight of hand that has outraged a spokesman for Queers Against Israeli Apartheid.

Tim McCaskell accused Pride Toronto of betraying the gay community and buckling under pressure from politicians and sponsors.

“I think people will find it shocking,” Mr. McCaskell said.

I would have thought that the Toronto homosexual march would welcome a restriction that people find “shocking”, considering they have exhausted every other means of shocking the public.

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