Sydney Mardi Gras 2008 Festival has kicked off on Saturday. The rain changed the location from an outdoor event to indoor at Will & Toby’s at Taylor Square. Mardi Gras Chair Marcus Bourget and Lord Mayor Clover Moore gave some brilliant and poignant speeches.
“Because we are not equal and as long as we are not equal we march,” said Marcus. “And as long as we are not equal we will use these three weeks in February to welcome with good grace and humour our straight brothers and sisters into our family. To educate, to entertain, to share our stories, to demonstrate that our love is not a second-class love and it should never be allowed to be treated as such – whether by law, religious bigotry, prejudice or hatred.”
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Man, I wish I could celebrate Mardi Gras in the sun. We are about to get hit with a snowstorm here in the States.
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