When people marched down Peachtree Street during the annual Atlanta Pride parade, the usual suspects of anti-gay protesters were there holding up their hateful signs and screaming through microphones that LGBT people were doomed to hell.
This year, however, a group of some 30 people standing in the vicinity of The Reynolds at 565 Peachtree St. on Oct. 13 were holding up larger-than-life cardboard, colorful pansies, blocking the anti-gay bigots from view while also bringing their own blaring anthems of pop music.
And, wow, were these people on Pansy Patrol a welcome sight from marchers who stopped to dance, hug, kiss, dance with and photograph the beautiful flower power.
