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Why doesn't Comus parade anymore. Any Comus members here
Posted on 2/18/19 at 8:25 am
Posted on 2/18/19 at 8:25 am
As a kid I remember them always being the last parade but they quit parading after the Dorthy Mae Taylor stuff. What was so secret about Comus membership that they would rather quit parading instead of naming its members?
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Posted on 2/18/19 at 8:27 am to Placebeaux
cause they said "frick you" we will do what we want.
This post was edited on 2/18/19 at 8:27 am
Posted on 2/18/19 at 8:29 am to Placebeaux
I thought it was more of them being forced to open their membership to anyone rather than naming members.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 8:29 am to Placebeaux
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What was so secret about Comus membership that they would rather quit parading instead of naming its members?
Tradition and principles.
Wasn't what she did ruled unconstitutional anyways?
This post was edited on 2/18/19 at 8:31 am
Posted on 2/18/19 at 8:32 am to Placebeaux
it's more mystical this way
Posted on 2/18/19 at 8:33 am to TH03
They were trying to be forced to add members of color and they did not want an "open" membership!
Posted on 2/18/19 at 8:35 am to GeauxColonels
According to their wiki
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In effect the ordinance required these, and other private social, groups to abandon their traditional code of secrecy and identify their members for the city's Human Relations Commission. The Comus organization (along with Momus and Proteus, other 19th-century Krewes) withdrew from parading, rather than identify its membership.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 8:36 am to Placebeaux
As far as parades go, it was no real loss.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 8:37 am to notiger1997
Wasn't it the oldest parade?
Posted on 2/18/19 at 8:38 am to Merlin08
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They were trying to be forced to add members of color and they did not want an "open" membership!
That's what Dorothy Mae Taylor was doing. They had to certify they were not discriminating in their membership which meant they'd have to identify each member to prove it. Comus said frick you and quit parading.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 8:38 am to Placebeaux
quote:If any of us were, we would not fess up here to being a member.
Any Comus members here
Even with some anonymity it's simply just not done, sir.
Think:
Posted on 2/18/19 at 8:41 am to Placebeaux
I am a member.
We parade at a secret location now.
We parade at a secret location now.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 8:44 am to soccerfüt
It's no small secret Krewe D'etat uses a lot of Momus's old floats and most likely personnel. You'll also notice the same variety of wit and satire-the very oldest of Mardi Gras traditions.
This post was edited on 2/18/19 at 8:44 am
Posted on 2/18/19 at 8:54 am to NYNolaguy1
Chaos uses Momus’ old floats and parades in its old spot on Thursday.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 9:00 am to Placebeaux
Comus is an all white Krewe. Nola said let’s Blacks in. Comus said nope.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 9:04 am to Placebeaux
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What was so secret about Comus membership that they would rather quit parading instead of naming its members?
They’d rather tell a race baiting piece of shite politician to go frick herself and shut it down on its own accord than be unconstitutionally forced to shut it down by said politicians. I guess private entities ain’t so private anymore.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 9:05 am to Placebeaux
Dorothy Mae Taylor
Posted on 2/18/19 at 9:17 am to Flashback
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I am a member.
You ever forced to have gay sex?
Posted on 2/18/19 at 9:26 am to Placebeaux
First rule of Comus, do not speak about Comus.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 9:28 am to Placebeaux
I've always thought it was more that they didn't want to be forced to do something, not so much about integrating or identifying members
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