irish queers

He recently said gay groups hoping to march next year would "have a problem."

Usually reliable Irish-American homophobes are silent for the moment.

"We are standing up and saying: no more."

Activists don't think one gay group marching is enough.

"This is a deal that was made behind closed doors between parade organizers and one of their last remaining sponsors, NBC. It allows NBC's gay employees to march, but embarrassingly has not ended the exclusion of Irish LGBT groups."

Protesters decried Police Commissioner Bratton for allowing members of the NYPD to march in uniform.