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Bostonherald.com - A“repugnant” Fourth of July parade spoofing Gloucester’s teen baby mama drama has touched off a class war on the North Shore between toney Beverly Farms and their working-class neighbors in the nearby fishing village. Allowing insulting floats in the annual Beverly Farms Horribles parade - including one tossing condoms with candy - has taken the baby bump to a new low, said Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk. “I’m deeply offended, and there but for the grace of God go your daughter or daughters in any community,” said Kirk when told of the salacious satire. Even after three Beverly Farms judges walked off, the July 4th pregnancy-pocked parade marched on with men in diapers crawling from between a woman’s legs propped in birthing stirrups and a giant phallus sprayed the crowd as parents and their tots were confronted with signs like, “GHS Girls Went to Band Camps, Came Back Pregnant Tramps.” Kirk said she won’t waste her time seeking an apology from Beverly Farms, but said, “It basically triggers a class war between this well-to-do enclave and a working-class city.” Beverly Mayor William F. Scanlon Jr. refused to get involved because the parade is not a city-sponsored happening, but conceded, “It’s a horrible story.” Gloucester activist Leslie Sarofeen called Beverly Farms’ attempt at humor “disgusting.”  “I’ve been involved with this for 40 something years, but I won’t be a judge again,” Gail Townsend told the Herald yesterday.“I get it, it’s a Horribles Parade, but it was overkill with the Gloucester pregnancies,” said Townsend. “The thing that upset us more than anything was they were throwing condoms. There were 5- and 6-year-old kids picking them up and saying, ‘What kind of candy is this?’ ” Maura Curran, who abruptly “retired” as a Horribles Parade judge, said, “I just felt it was a little too horrible for a family event. They needed to be a little more discreet. Lines were crossed.”

First things first.  This has to be the worst Horribles parade in the history of Horribles parades.   Granted I only watched the first 3 minutes of this youtube, but the pregnancy float was the only redeeming float in the parade.    Other than that it just looked like your typical small town shindig where kids ride bikes and other lame shit like that.   So let’s clarify this.  Is this a Horribles parade or not?  Because if it is then the Pregnancy float is not only acceptable but it’s awesome.    And who gives a fuck if they are throwing condoms into the crowd or making fun of Gloucester.  Hey newsflashGloucester;   the pregnancy thing was in Time Magazine and splashed across every newspaper in the country.   A think it’s a little late to say you don’t want people making fun of it don’t you?   And more importantly complaining that a float is too obscene in a Horribles Parade is like complaining about seeing Gays at the Gay Pride Parade.    Listen, nobody is putting a gun to anybody’s head to attend this thing.   But it is a Horribles Parade and that means the Pregnancy float shouldn’t have been the exception, but rather the rule.   If anybody should be ashamed of themselves it’s all the other bullshit floats that were in the parade.

PS – Something tells me most of Gloucester could give a shit less about this story.  I mean they are the home of the 4^th of July Greasy Pole Competition.