1.   And one parade organizer received a threatening phone call.

2.   Both Graham and the British secretary of state, Mo Mowlam, said they hoped that parade organizers and resident leaders could reach an accommodation before Sunday.

3.   But when parade organizers would not budge, the alliance decided to march anyway.

4.   Darling argued that parade organizers did not discriminate because in the past they had excluded others, including gay rights opponents, who had a message.

5.   Fat Joe, whose given name is Joseph Cartagena, said he and other rappers have long believed that parade organizers fail to embrace them.

6.   He said the parade organizers had spent the last year inflaming the situation, rather than seeking a peaceful compromise.

7.   In Queens, the parade organizers could not find a Catholic priest to bless their parade.

8.   It came after parade organizers refused to meet with the local residents group that opposes the route.

9.   Last year, parade organizers apologized for some participants who offended other participants and onlookers with such nudity.

10.   Massachusetts state courts violated that right, the justices said, by ordering parade organizers to include a homosexual group with whom they disagree.