The Annual Pride Parade, the signature event of New Hope Celebrates PrideFest will kick off in Lambertville, NJ before marching into New Hope on Saturday, May
www.newhopecelebrates.com
right now my home town is like a real circus, it's Pridefest and a huge flag is being carried in a parade across the
steel bridge to Lambertville NJ. Actually it's coming from NJ to PA. Bridge is half blocked off due to ongoing construction.
Hope they don't get their flag stuck in there.
I grew up outside a town that was almost half gay.
This is like Provincetown Mass or Key West Florida.
Or wherever folks of different persuasions are accepted as equal human beings.
The New York theatre crowd came to New Hope due to our Playhouse, a big theatre downtown on the Delaware.
So we grew up seeing folks with wild hair and purple capri pants and who knows what.
Many of my best clients in multiple businesses locally were gay.
This has always been a tolerant area.
But this parade in town this year is something more. This is a major public outcry against the increase in hate poured on folks
of different persuasions recently. Town is going to rock today, a little light rain won't stop this.
Anything that promotes equality and tolerance is all good in my mind.
and I've even gotten over getting squeamy looking at two guys holding hands.
if you are holding hands, you are usually showing affection.
What the world needs more of
live and let live and be kind to each other
I bet the two towns are jammed , no place for the locals to go to get to places on a Saturday morning, but
Saturday mornings are for parades and we have a doozy today.
parade day in a little town is almost always good
I hope someone is videoing it for Youtube.
apparently the theme is
hear us roar 
