Southie Parade Chief, Followed By Council Members, Flip Flops

BOSTON — Word arrived Friday afternoon from a group of homosexual veterans that the chief organizer of the St. Patrick's Day Parade has unilaterally invited them to march and that they have accepted. The chief organizer overruled the rest of the council Friday and invited the group to march. Then, on Friday night, the council voted 11-0 to approve the invitation.

BOSTON — Word arrived Friday afternoon from a group of homosexual veterans that the chief organizer of the St. Patrick's Day Parade has unilaterally invited them to march and that they have accepted. The chief organizer overruled the rest of the council Friday and invited the group to march. Then, on Friday night, the council voted 11-0 to approve the invitation.…