A gay veteran's group called OutVets, who have marched in Boston's St. Patrick's Day Parade for the past two years, is banned. The Lexington Minutemen reload blanks into their rifles during the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston, Massachusetts March 15, 2015. And last August, after a months-long fight, Starbucks won the right to open a store in South Boston. The group had earlier that year attracted some attention for being the first gay veterans group to march in Boston’s Veterans Day parade. “They didn’t get that kind of response when they came home.”OutVets march during the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston on March 15, 2015.

Source: Washington Post March 11, 2017 23:03 UTC