São Paulo city council approves Heterosexual Pride Day to confront Gay Pride
South America ’s largest city, which hosts what is reported to be the wold’s largest ‘gay pride’ march, is set to have an official “Heterosexual Pride Day” every third Sunday in December. The city council has approved the measure and it awaits the mayor’s signature. Image via Wikipedia The legislation was authored by Evangelical Councilman Carlos Apolinário, a member of the Democrats Party, who said his intent was not to discriminate against homosexuals but rather as a counter to the “excesses and privileges” of the homosexual community, and to “raise awareness and encourage the public to safeguard the morals and good customs” of the Municipality of São Paulo. Heterosexual Pride Day is “not anti-gay, but a protest against the privileges the gay community enjoys,” Apolinário told the media. São Paulo, a city of 20 million, is home to what has been described as the world’s largest “gay pride” march, with, according to Brazilian tourism authorities, more than 3 million homosexua...