4,000 expected to take part in Belfast’s Gay Pride parade

Belfast's annual Gay Pride parade is taking place later today amid ongoing controversy over anti-gay remarks by DUP MP Iris Robinson.

4,000 expected to take part in Belfast’s Gay Pride parade

Belfast's annual Gay Pride parade is taking place later today amid ongoing controversy over anti-gay remarks by DUP MP Iris Robinson.

The Strangford MP and wife of First Minister Peter Robinson has been widely condemned in recent weeks after calling homosexuality an "abomination" and claiming gay people could be "turned around" through counselling.

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