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Orangemen in town bunting protest Orangemen in town bunting protest
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Orangemen in Larne have staged a protest outside the County Antrim town's council offices.Orangemen in Larne have staged a protest outside the County Antrim town's council offices.
They claim its decision not to erect red, white and blue bunting ahead of 12 July is "anti-British".They claim its decision not to erect red, white and blue bunting ahead of 12 July is "anti-British".
The council said lodge members were free to put it up themselves, but they had to abide by equality laws.The council said lodge members were free to put it up themselves, but they had to abide by equality laws.
Bobby McKee, Larne's DUP mayor, said: "We in the council are left we no alternative. We don't make the rules, we have to abide by them." Bobby McKee, Larne's DUP mayor, said: "We in the council are left with no alternative. We don't make the rules, we have to abide by them."
Mr McKee said if the Orangemen wanted "to change the rules, they'd have to go where the power sits to do that."Mr McKee said if the Orangemen wanted "to change the rules, they'd have to go where the power sits to do that."
The Orange Order's grand secretary, Drew Nelson. said: "We just want to be treated equally with other communities and have our festival recognised as a legitimate one, which the council should help with." The Orange Order's grand secretary, Drew Nelson, said: "We just want to be treated equally with other communities and have our festival recognised as a legitimate one, which the council should help with."