Postponing pride parade a no-brainer

Late June has for long been celebrated as the gay pride week across quite a few cities to mark the famous Stonewall Riots that took place on June 28, 1969, in a bar in Greenwich Village of New York City.

It was the first instance of violent protests by gays and lesbians in the US against unlawful treatment by the police.

The weeklong New York City Pride 2010 culminated on Sunday with a grand parade of bands, floats and throngs of cheerful people marching down Fifth Avenue towards Stonewall Inn, as well as a dance party and fireworks display staged along the Hudson River.