article_snippet: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio attended a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender-friendly St. Patrick's Day parade on Sunday, and told participants that a society for all is one that embraces and respects everyone.
article_snippet: de Blasio said on Sunday: 'A society for everyone is a society where everyone is respected, where everyone is embraced, where everyone has a say at the table.'
article_snippet: The New York Daily News quoted de Blasio as saying of the March 17 event 'I'm not ready to commit to marching, because all we've heard is that one delegation related to NBC will be allowed to have members of the LGBT community in it.'
article_snippet: Per Capital New York, de Blasio said 'Having only one delegation associated with one company that allows members of the LGBT community is obviously a pretty narrow concession, and I think we'd like to see something that's more inclusive. '
article_snippet: I hope for some more progress with the parade in Manhattan, but there is still time, and we look forward to some additional discussion
article_snippet: 'Even though it is a statement of some progress that this NBC delegation has been included, and I certainly commend that, we need something more for this NBC delegation to really feel like we've turned a corner here,' de Blasio reportedly said, per Capital.