Homosexuals Boot Country Dance Team Over Patriotic Uniform!
"Homosexual
sponsors
of
a
country
dance
festival
booted
a
dance
team
wearing
patriotic
red
white
and
blue
uniforms
since
the
atire
triggered
fear
from
some
of
the
woke
audience
members.
So
the
hype
that
leftist
special
interests
love
America
seems
to
be
a
falsehood.
Demanding
new
special
rights
under
Biden's
expanding
gay
rights
agenda
might
include
burning
the
American
Flag,"
says
Eugene
Delgaudio,
President
of
Public
Advocate.
A
Seattle
women's
dance
squad
could
not
perform
in
American
flag-themed
uniforms
at
a
country
dance
event
because
some
attendees
felt
"triggered
and
unsafe."
Members
of
the
Borderline
Dance
Team
were
"excited"
to
show
off
their
moves
at
the
Emerald
City
Hoedown
until
the
LGBTQ
organization
that
hosted
the
event
gave
them
an
ultimatum.
Rain
Country
Dance
Association,
a
nonprofit
group
that
hosts
events
to
bring
the
country
and
western
dance
scene
to
the
"queer"
community,
reportedly
told
the
Borderline
dancers
that
their
red,
white,
and
blue
shirts
were
"offensive."
Over
the
last
two
days,
we
have
been
answering
dozens
of
calls
and
messages
from
friends
and
family.
Feelings
have
ranged
all
the
way
from
outrage
to
sympathy
to
disbelief.
We
want
to
make
sure
there
is
complete
understanding
and
truth
surrounding
the
events
of
Saturday.
I'll
try
to
make
this
as
short
as
possible.
Our
Dance
Team
along
with
a
few
others
were
scheduled
to
perform
at
the
Emerald
City
Hoedown
in
Seattle
on
Saturday.
They've
been
asking
us
for
three
years
to
perform
but
because
of
their
Covid
restrictions,
we
have
been
unable
to
until
this
year.
Dance
teams
work
their
boots
off
preparing
for
performances
like
these.
Extra
practices,
babysitters,
ferry
rides,
hours
upon
hours
of
practice
and
commute
time
and
time
away
from
their
families.
We
all
were
very
excited
to
perform
for
this
event.
Unfortunately,
what
our
team
was
met
with
upon
arrival
was
that
our
flag
tops
were
offensive
to
some
of
the
convention
goers.
There
was
a
small
group
that
felt
"triggered
and
unsafe".
They
had
several
claims
for
this
reasoning.
Mostly
associated
with
the
situation
in
Palestine
and
the
Trans
community
in
America.
At
first
we
were
told
we
would
just
be
boo'd,
yelled
at
and
likely
many
of
them
would
walk
out.
This
did
not
deter
us.
But
then
we
were
given
an
ultimatum.
Remove
the
flag
tops
and
perform
in
either
street
clothes
(which
most
didn't
bring
as
they
traveled
there
in
their
uniforms)
or
they
would
supply
us
with
ECH
shirts
from
years
past&
Or,
don't
perform
at
all,
which
effectively
was
asking
us
to
leave.
Also,
here
is
a
link
to
their
website
that
shows
the
pictures
of
our
teams
in
our
uniforms.
So
they
would
have
known
what
we
were
going
to
wear.
We
don't
speak
for
our
team,
we
speak
on
behalf
of
them
so
the
choice
was
theirs.
As
we
knew
would
happen
because
there
really
was
no
choice
in
our
minds,
it
was
a
unanimous
NO.
We
were
not
alone
in
this.
Our
friends,
West
Coast
Country
Heat,
who
were
also
scheduled
to
dance
for
the
convention
that
evening
also
did
not
perform
as
they
too
proudly
don
the
colors
of
our
country
in
the
same
spirit
of
patriotism
that
we
do.
Both
of
our
teams
stood
in
solidarity
and
put
actions
to
words.
Now,
for
the
silver
lining.
Firstly,
watching
these
teams
band
together
was
the
greatest
performance
I've
ever
seen.
These
people
are
strong,
resolute
and
unwavering
in
their
patriotism.
They
are
the
families
and
friends
of
people
who
have
suffered
the
unimaginable
so
that
we
may
all
have
our
own
opinions
and
sleep
soundly
in
our
beds
at
night.
THAT
is
why
we
wear
the
colors.
Because
although
we
may
not
always
agree
with
the
current
state
of
things,
we
recognize
that
being
an
American
means
true
FREEDOM.
We
all
understood
and
accepted
this
and
walked
out
with
class
and
dignity
despite
the
discrimination
we
had
experienced.
Speaking
with
the
Jason
Rantz
Show,
team
co-captain
Lindsay
Stamp
said
that
the
complaints,
which
began
after
just
30
minutes
of
being
at
the
venue,
represented
a
"small
percentage"
of
the
event's
attendees.
"My
team
doesn't
take
a
political
stance.
We
came
to
dance,"
she
told
host
Jason
Rantz.
"We're
a
patriotic
group.
We
support
our
military,
our
veterans,
our
first
responders.
We're
a
group
of
patriots.
