Jewish Group, with hired Latino protesters, opposes NYC Pride Parade

*An extremist Jewish organization intended to protest New York City’s Pride parade last Friday, especially in light of the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage rule. But the organizations’ leaders believed that the parade scenes were inappropriate for the young men of the organization, so they hired Latino laborers to take their place.

I have to admit, I laughed when I first read this, then I shook my head. (¡Nombreeeee!) VL

By Andy Newman and James Estrin, The New York Times

Some of the most curious costumes worn along the parade route belonged to protesters.

Behind a barricade, a group of men wore the fringed Jewish prayer garment known as the tzitzit and held up anti-gay signs bearing the logo of a group calling itself the Jewish Political Action Committee.

[pullquote]“The rabbis said that the yeshiva boys shouldn’t come out for this because of what they would see at the parade.”[/pullquote]

“Judaism prohibits homosexuality,” one sign read.

But the men were not Jewish. They were Mexican laborers, protesting because they were paid to protest, said one of the men, who would not give his name.

Heshie Freed, a member of the political action committee, an Orthodox Jewish group based in Brooklyn, said that the men were supplementary troops, filling in for the Jewish students who would normally be called upon to demonstrate.

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