Verdict stands, firefighters win...message sent

Charlie Butts
OneNewsNow
2/1/2011

It's been a long legal battle, but San Diego firefighters are rejoicing in the final outcome of their complaint about being ordered by their city to participate in a "gay pride" parade.

An appeals court had earlier ruled in favor of firefighters who sued after they were forced to participate in San Diego's annual homosexual "pride parade" in 2007. Alliance Defense Fund attorney Joseph Infranco tells OneNewsNow what the firefighters endured.

"These firefighters were subjected to hours of just graphic, lewd exhibits and gestures and catcalls and all that sort of thing," says the attorney. The original complaint filed in the case stated "you could not even look at the crowd without getting some type of sexual gesture." the rest