In the aftermath of last Saturdays Royal Black parade in Belfast we here the same old call ; lets have dialogue to resolve this. Those who believe that the bands playing was intended to insult the Catholic church are way off the mark or are deliberately trying to obscure the real problem that has been festering for some time.
The Parades Commission has been applying the legislation is an unfair and biased way and what's worse is that our elected politicians and indeed the Secretary of State are powerless to intervene. Absolute power given to seven Commissioners some of whom are widely known to be against the Loyal Orders and we expect fairness??!!

There are numerous examples of Republican parades playing music going past Protestant churches and stopping to do so. NO action taken by PSNI or Parades Commission. Parades Commission monitors have been in attendance and reported these abuses but the Commissioners have told them they are only interested in Loyal Order parades.
Last week at a meeting between the Commission and the DUP it was stated that a Protestant church does not have the same status as a Catholic church.
Does Commissioner Rev Brian Kennaway really support this viewpoint?
Does Rev Leslie Carroll support this viewpoint? After all, she has stated publicly that she supports the Commission.
Perhaps the Presbyterian Moderator could clear this up?

Then we had Minister of Culture Caral Ni Chuilin (SF) calling for dialogue. (Gerry Kelly does this all the time too.) Yet both of them were in a delegation that engaged in a series of meetings with representatives of our Parades Forum. Both of them are aware that our reps have engaged with various groups from their community. Both of them are aware that some of the reps they met declared themselves to be members of the Orange Order and the Apprentice Boys. So who is it they want to talk to? The Parades Commission have confirmed all of this as their Chairman, Peter Osbourne claimed the Commission spent £100k on various processes.

The problem is that Republicanism is so fractured and factionalised that they are unable to reach agreement with our community on this issue. Sinn Fein want to reach out to our community and persuade them that their future lies in a United Ireland. Difficult to be a persuader when your out there agitating at the same time.

Caral also said that everyone at Carrick Hill protest was a resident. We can confirm that people who were protesting at Ardoyne earlier that morning (and claim to live there) were also at Carrick Hill.

Our community has had enough of the Parades Commission and what is worrying is the effect this is having on relationships with the PSNI. The actions of some of their officers towards our community reps clearly shows they have lost their way on community policing.

Our community has shown remarkable courage and discipline over a decade of unfair Parades Commission decisions and intensified republican aggression. Our community reps have been taken for granted and undermined by the Commission and the PSNI.

Enough is enough! Our very identity is being eroded and criminalised. The current Commissioners need to be replaced by a better spectrum of people or a better process. Delay could disable the very peace process.