The first-ever celebration of Muhammad's birthday in Binghamton will include a parade starting at 11 a.m. on Court Street from Chenango to Front streets and then back to Chenango Street.
One lane of downtown's main street will be closed during the parade, said city spokesman Andrew Block, who also said the group secured the appropriate permits to hold the celebration.
After the parade, activities are scheduled in front of the old Broome County Court-house. The list of guest speakers includes the Rev. Douglas Taylor of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Binghamton and Diane O'Heron, a professor at Broome Community College. .
Looking at the list of speakers, you had to know there would be a Unitarian minister involved in this googoo love fest. The web site of this guy's church in Binghampton has a "social action" page which tells you what their church is focused on - sexual identity issues, anti-racism, American Indian rights, opposition to the death penalty. Hmmm. And about the professor, do you think she might be a liberal?
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Hyscience says the Muslim group involved, "Muslims in America ," has ties to a Pakistani terrorist.
