Straight Pride Parade a 'perversion': Boston plans draws outrage

BOSTON — Emerson College President Lee Pelton on Wednesday condemned the Straight Pride Parade set to take place here Saturday as a "perversion" led by "angry and misguided people" in a sharply worded email to students and faculty. The private school's downtown campus borders much of the route where conservative organizers, who form the group Super Happy Fun America, plan to hold the much-debated parade, which begins at noon at Copley Square and ends at City Hall. -- More...