{"id":2102339,"date":"2023-11-17T18:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T23:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-transgender-extravaganza-sparks-rapidly-growing-petition\/"},"modified":"2023-11-17T19:00:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T00:00:30","slug":"macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-transgender-extravaganza-sparks-rapidly-growing-petition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-transgender-extravaganza-sparks-rapidly-growing-petition\/","title":{"rendered":"Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day Parade &#8216;Transgender Extravaganza&#8217; Sparks Rapidly Growing Petition"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmacys-thanksgiving-day-parade-transgender-extravaganza-sparks-rapidly-growing-petition%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2102339&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Growing\u2062 Petition Denounces Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving \u200cDay Parade for Promoting LGBTQ Agenda<\/h2>\n<p>A petition denouncing the Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving \u2064Day Parade for advancing &#8220;the liberal LGBTQ\u200b agenda&#8221; has gained\u200d significant traction, with nearly 35,000 signatures and a week \u200dremaining\u200c until the holiday.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c petition, started by One Million Moms, a division of the American\u2062 Family Association, aims to combat the exploitation of children by the entertainment media.<\/p>\n<p>Interested readers can view\u2063 and sign \u2062the petition <a href=\"https:\/\/onemillionmoms.com\/current-campaigns\/say-no-to-the-macy-s-thanksgiving-day-parade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Various media outlets, including \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/family-friendly-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-goes-woke-gender-non-conformity-will-front-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Western Journal<\/a>, have reported on the prominence of LGBTQ themes at this year&#8217;s parade,\u200c prompting\u2062 the launch of the\u2062 petition.<\/p>\n<p>When\u2063 the U.K.&#8217;s Daily\u200c Mail first reported on the petition on Monday, it had approximately 17,000 signatures. Since then, the number has doubled in just\u2062 four days.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Unless they are forewarned about it,\u200b this\u200d year&#8217;s\u200d holiday parade will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-million-moms-group-initiates-petition-to-exclude-nonbinary-and-transgender-extravaganza-themes-at-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade\/\" title=\"'One Million Moms' Petitions Against 'Nonbinary and Transgender Extravaganza' at Macy's Parade\">potentially expose tens<\/a> of millions of viewers at home\u2062 to the liberal LGBTQ agenda,&#8221; the petition reads.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is clear that Macy&#8217;s does not have our children&#8217;s best interests in mind,&#8221; the group added. \u2064&#8221;Macy&#8217;s needs to know that \u2063trust must be earned, and once trust is lost, it \u2062is difficult to get back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/macys-thanksgiving-2023-parade-cher-3552858e026f71a17b079bdc7abdf1d9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a>, Cher, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lincoln-project-claims-liz-cheney-could-beat-up-matt-gaetz-with-one-hand-tied-behind-her-back\/\" title=\"Lincoln Project Claims Liz Cheney Could Beat Up Matt Gaetz \u2018With One Hand Tied Behind Her Back\u2019\">recently made headlines<\/a> by declaring she\u200c would leave the United States if former President Donald Trump is re-elected, is set \u200cto perform at the parade, \u200ddespite regularly\u200d insulting Trump supporters.<\/p>\n<p>It is likely that a portion of Trump supporters will choose not to watch the parade on Thanksgiving, a number that this petition seeks\u2063 to increase.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2023\/11\/02\/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-teases-gender-non-binary-bonanza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart<\/a> reported last \u200cweek that &#8220;non-binary&#8221;\u200c actors from two Broadway shows, &#8220;&#038; Juliet&#8221; and &#8220;Shucked,&#8221; are expected to be part\u2064 of the parade festivities.<\/p>\n<p>The show &#8220;&#038;\u2064 Juliet&#8221; reimagines Juliet&#8217;s life\u2064 if she had not\u2064 committed suicide \u200cat the end\u200d of Shakespeare&#8217;s &#8220;Romeo\u2064 and Juliet.&#8221; The non-binary character &#8220;May&#8221; is played by Justin David Sullivan.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan, \u200bwho \u2062identifies as he\/she\/they, declined a Tony Award \u2062nomination due to the gender-specific categories, according \u2062to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2023\/02\/02\/non-binary-broadway-performer-rejects-tony-awards-eligibility-in-protest-of-traditional-male-female-acting-categories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, &#8220;Shucked&#8221; is a fantasy fable that features a male actor, Alex Newell, playing the female character Lulu.<\/p>\n<p>Newell also identifies as \u200che\/she\/they, but that did not prevent him\u2062 from accepting a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s \u200cparade is not the first to include\u200d LGBTQ themes or performers.\u2064 In 2020, the\u200c Lesbian &#038; Gay Big\u200d Apple Corps became the first openly\u200c LGBTQ group to perform in the Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day Parade, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/culture\/archive\/2020\/11\/the-first-gay-band-in-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade\/617191\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Atlantic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In\u2064 2021, transgender pop star Kim Petras performed during the \u2063parade, becoming\u200d the first transgender celebrity to\u2064 perform during this once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-transgender-extravaganza-sparks-rapidly-growing-petition\/\" title=\"Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 'Transgender Extravaganza' Sparks Rapidly Growing Petition\">family-friendly holiday tradition<\/a>,&#8221; the petition \u200calso noted.<\/p>\n<p>Macy&#8217;s has\u2062 not responded to requests for comment from DailyMail.com.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/h3>\n<p>I walked into the\u200c office one\u200b morning \u2063and noticed something strange. Half of The Western Journal&#8217;s readership was missing.<\/p>\n<p>It \u2063had finally happened. Facebook had flipped \u2064THE switch.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe \u200dit was because we wrote about ivermectin. \u200cOr election integrity. Or the Jan. 6 detainees. Or ballot mules.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the reason, I immediately knew what to do.\u2064 We had to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\">turn to you<\/a> because, frankly, we know you are the only ones we can trust.<\/p>\n<p><b>Can you \u200dhelp? <\/b>Every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\">donation<\/a> \u2062 to\u200d The Western \u200cJournal goes\u200c directly to funding our team of story researchers, writers, \u2063and editors \u2063who relentlessly pursue the truth and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-owes-thousands-of-national-guard-soldiers-long-overdue-enlistment-bonuses-report\/\" title=\"Report: Biden Admin Owes National Guard Soldiers Thousands in Overdue Bonuses\">expose corrupt elites<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Can I count on you for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\">small donation<\/a>? We operate on a shoestring compared to \u200bother news media companies, so I can personally promise that not a penny of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\">your\u200b donation<\/a> will \u200dbe wasted.<\/p>\n<p>If you would \u200crather <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\">become a WJ member<\/a> outright, you can \u2063do that today \u2064as well.<\/p>\n<p>We will use \u200devery single cent to fight against the lies \u200dand corruption\u2062 in high places. <b>And as long as we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\">your help<\/a>, we will never give\u200d up.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Josh Manning<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Managing\u200c Editor<\/p>\n<p>The Western Journal<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-transgender-extravaganza-sparks-rapidly-growing-petition\/\">Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving \u200bDay Parade \u2062&#8217;Transgender Extravaganza&#8217; Sparks Rapidly Growing Petition<\/a> appeared \u200bfirst on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What role does free speech and independent media play in providing\u2064 a platform for diverse perspectives \u2063and opinions, even when they may be controversial or unpopular?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  R_id=DYDM9AHZV8HHA&#8221; \u200btarget=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>seek alternative ways<\/a> to reach our audience and continue sharing the news \u200dand opinions that matter \u2062to\u200c them.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s exactly what we did.<\/p>\n<p>As the Deputy Managing\u2064 Editor of The Western Journal, I understand the importance of free speech \u200dand the power of\u2063 independent media. We strive to\u200c provide a platform for diverse perspectives and opinions, even when they may be controversial or unpopular.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why I believe\u200b it is \u200dcrucial to highlight the efforts of One \u200cMillion Moms and\u200b their petition against Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day Parade.\u200c While some may dismiss\u200b it as an attack on the LGBTQ\u2063 community, it is important to recognize the concerns raised by \u2062this group.<\/p>\n<p>Children are easily influenced by the \u2063media they consume, and it is the responsibility of parents and society as a whole to ensure that the content they\u200d are exposed to is appropriate for their age and values. The petition argues that the explicit LGBTQ themes \u2064and performers in the parade may not be suitable for \u200byoung viewers and could\u200c promote a specific\u200c agenda.<\/p>\n<p>While it is important to\u2064 respect and celebrate diversity, it \u200bis equally important to consider the impact that certain content may have on impressionable minds. It is about finding a balance that\u2063 allows for the expression \u2063of different perspectives while still protecting the innocence and well-being of children.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that this petition \u200bhas gained significant traction, with thousands of signatures in just a matter of days, demonstrates that there are many who share these concerns. It is a reminder \u2062that there are still people who value \u2062traditional family\u200d values and want to \u2062protect their children from what they perceive as harmful \u200dinfluences.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is also important to note that inclusivity and representation are important aspects \u2064of a progressive \u200cand tolerant society. LGBTQ individuals have the right to be visible, celebrated, and represented in mainstream media and public \u200cevents. The challenge lies\u2063 in\u200d striking a balance between these two perspectives and finding\u200c a solution that respects everyone&#8217;s rights and\u200d values.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the decision to watch or boycott the Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day Parade is \u2063a personal\u200d one. \u2062Each individual and family must evaluate their own\u200b beliefs, values, and comfort levels when it comes to the\u2062 content they consume.<\/p>\n<p>As journalists, our role is to present \u2062all perspectives and allow our readers to make informed decisions. We value free\u200c speech and believe in the power of open dialogue and debate. It is \u200cthrough these \u200ddiscussions that \u2062we can better understand each other and work towards a\u2064 more inclusive and harmonious society.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, it is not about silencing one side or the other. It\u200c is about finding common ground,\u200b respecting each\u2064 other&#8217;s rights and values, and \u2063creating a world where \u200bdiverse perspectives can\u200b coexist.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you support or\u200d oppose the petition against the Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day Parade, I\u200c encourage you to engage \u200cin\u200b respectful and constructive dialogue. Let&#8217;s listen to each other with \u200dan open \u200cmind and work towards a solution\u2063 that respects everyone&#8217;s rights and values.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you\u2063 for being a valued reader of The Western \u2062Journal, and thank you\u200d for your continued support as we \u2062navigate through the changing media landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A petition by One Million Moms, a division of the American Family Association, has gained almost 35,000 signatures, criticizing the Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day Parade for promoting the &#8220;liberal LGBTQ agenda.&#8221; The petition aims to prevent the exploitation of children and will continue to gather support until the holiday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2010,"featured_media":2102340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2102339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2010"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2102339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2102340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2102339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2102339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2102339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}