This is wrong on so many levels:

Hamilton’s gay pride festival says it banned the Canadian military this year because of alleged human rights violations around the world.

The decision has ignited a furious backlash within some in the gay community who claim that the military has changed since it overturned it discriminatory policies against homosexuality in 1992.

The Canadian military has participated in the Hamilton festival for several years, marching in the parade and setting up recruiting booths.

Festival organizers say they banned the military this year because of a complaint from a new Canadian who feared the military because of previous persecution by soldiers.

Emily Groom, co-chair of the Hamilton Pride Festival, says the organization has every right not to affiliate with any institutions that perhaps are based on human rights concerns.

She says those include perceived violations in Afghanistan and Haiti.

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