Mayor Ford annoyed he can't yet find an excuse to pull Pride funding

Cause ya know he's got flunkies working on the problem right now.

The touchiest issue of the day arose from a report on Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, a controversial group whose inclusion in last year’s Pride Toronto celebrations prompted council to threaten to withhold more than $120,000 in funding for the event.

Mayor Rob Ford campaigned on a pledge to terminate support for Pride if QuAIA was allowed to march in the parade, arguing that it promotes hate.

The city report, contained in the executive agenda, concluded that the group doesn’t contravene any of Toronto’s anti-discrimination policies and that no reason could be found that the city should withhold its contribution to Pride. That didn’t sit well with the mayor’s camp.

“If they want to go out and have a good time and celebrate their gayness, that’s up to them,” said deputy mayor Doug Holyday, who added that he would vote to cut Pride funding if QuAIA marches. “When they’re using money to make political points and to put people down, we’re not into putting our money up for that.”

I love when politicians express their "ignoramusenous".

Stupidity is not just confined to the Mayor's office, as this comment from the story provides:

boris21
11:55 PM on April 13, 2011
The queers should go try to be queers in any Muslim country for a week..then they can come back and explain to us how " evil " Israel is.