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| Thousands attend city pride rally | Thousands attend city pride rally |
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| Thousands of people have attended the gay Pride parade through Belfast city centre. | Thousands of people have attended the gay Pride parade through Belfast city centre. |
| Free Presbyterian Church members were among those protesting over the event. | |
| There has been an ongoing row over comments on homosexuality made by the DUP MP Iris Robinson, who called homosexuality an abomination. | There has been an ongoing row over comments on homosexuality made by the DUP MP Iris Robinson, who called homosexuality an abomination. |
| Andy Thompson, of Belfast Pride, said Mrs Robinson should give up her job as chair of the Northern Ireland Assembly's health committee. | Andy Thompson, of Belfast Pride, said Mrs Robinson should give up her job as chair of the Northern Ireland Assembly's health committee. |
| "We are not calling for her to stand down as an MP or an MLA, that is up to to the people of Strangford," he said. | "We are not calling for her to stand down as an MP or an MLA, that is up to to the people of Strangford," he said. |
| "But in terms of being in a position at the heart of government in Northern Ireland, she really does have to go." | "But in terms of being in a position at the heart of government in Northern Ireland, she really does have to go." |
| Ahead of the parade the DUP would not comment - other than to say they were committed to fairness and equality for everyone in Northern Ireland. | Ahead of the parade the DUP would not comment - other than to say they were committed to fairness and equality for everyone in Northern Ireland. |
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