Enjoyed PrideFest Downtown
Last month the annual LGBT PrideFest was held downtown, previously it has been held in Tower Grove Park & Forest Park.
![St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay participates every year](http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/slayparade.jpg)
On Saturday June 29th I heard a guy across the street with a bullhorn quoting what I presume were bible passages. He was alone and largely ignored. Sunday, following the parade, there were more protestors. This time they weren’t ignored.
![On Sunday a group protested PrideFest, quoting from their bibles](http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/stlprideprotestors.jpg)
![](http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/stlprideprotestsign.jpg)
I guess protestors are to be expected, it’s a free country.
I’m thankful PrideFest is now downtown, good move. In a future post I’ll look at the problems of using the area around Soldier’s Memorial for large events.
— Steve Patterson