71.  The contribution from the gay group was in the name of the organization and not from individuals, he said.

72.  The council canceled the parade last year to avoid allowing the gay group to participate.

73.  The decision drew angry responses from the gay Irish group.

74.  The following year, organizers cancelled the event, and this year they turned it into a protest rather than admit the gay group.

75.  The gay groups complain that they were not allowed to take part in the conference.

76.  The gay groups say evidence of such change is only anecdotal and that efforts to change can be psychologically harmful.

77.  The GOP capture of the White House has upset the order of gay lobbying groups in Washington.

78.  The gay group did not march.

79.  The head of the Houston chapter of a gay Republican group said efforts by DeLay and others to make gay discrimination an election-year issue will backfire.

80.  The Log Cabin decision also brought criticism from David Smith, communications director of the Human Rights Campaign, a gay lobbying group.