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PPI summer picnic set for June 15 at Robe-Ann Park

Monday, June 10, 2019

The Putnam Pride Initiative will host its third annual summer picnic on Saturday, June 15 at 5 p.m. at Robe-Ann Park. The picnic will be held at shelter house 2 near the skate park, and all ages are invited.

There will be a pitch-in and catered food at the picnic, and paper products will be supplied. Attendees can bring their favorite dish or dessert to the event.

The Putnam Pride Initiative is appreciative of local food services and eateries for their continued support and willingness to donate catered items. These include Taphouse Burgers, Bon Appetit and the Putnam Inn. PPI is still accepting donations from other restaurants in the community.

The event will have live music, games, a silent-auction, crafts and an inflatable obstacle course from Big Bounce House Rentals, sponsored by DePauw University’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion. The music will be by the ZooSoul Drum Circle and Legend Puncher. The crafts, featuring face and rock painting, as well as ribbon wands, will be done by local youth.

There will also be free HIV testing at the event.

The mission of the Putnam Pride Initiative is to build bridges of awareness, acceptance and support of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) community and their allies in Putnam County.

Readers may contact the organization at contact@putnamprideinitiative.org, and more information can be found on PPI’s website. The Putnam Pride Initiative can also be found on Facebook and Instagram.

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    From here, it looks like an attempt to groom children.

    -- Posted by dreadpirateroberts on Wed, Jun 12, 2019, at 12:47 PM

  • Are you serious pirate??? To me it looks like an all inclusive good family event. We are a straight couple. We Will be attending so my children can see other family dynamics. Mostly so they don't end up like you!

    -- Posted by hometowngirl626 on Thu, Jun 13, 2019, at 7:39 AM
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    Do you understand the word "groom"? It is to prepare someone for a particular purpose or activity. It also means to gradually condition someone.

    I don't care if people engage in homosexual behavior behind closed doors. That's their business, not mine.

    But getting children to associate picnics/bounce houses with homosexuality IS grooming. You are conditioning them to accept homosexuality (and all the others) as a fun and worthwhile thing.

    Will you be taking your children to a Gay Pride parade to view homosexual/deviant debauchery on full display as well? So your children can see other sexual dynamics, of course.

    I treat people, all people, as people. They all get respect based on how much respect they show. Its a two-way street.

    However, I will not immerse my children in a "lifestyle" exhibit that is unnatural, unsafe, and morally bankrupt simply for the sake of "diversity".

    I will not force upon my children the acceptance of a lie for sake of validating someone else's feelings.

    And I will not subject my children to an event that is designed to prematurely immerse kids into a conversation of sexuality, which is exactly what this does. The alphabet soup of homosexuality and other mental issues is a social/lifestyle construct ENTIRELY based on sexual proclivities.

    Strange that you are so worried about your kids ending up like me (how many "hate words/names" did you ascribe to me that you were afraid to type out?), yet you are the one that refuses to accept any worldview aside from your own.

    Your children would be better off to end up like me. I can accept people for who they are, not merely as labels and members of social groups you designate good or bad as you see fit...especially when you don't know them.

    -- Posted by dreadpirateroberts on Thu, Jun 13, 2019, at 9:19 AM
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