Comments on: Pensacola’s Mardi Gras Celebration Postponed Until May

By: MtnDew

MtnDew — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 00:08:20 +0000

Josh Jones. Lent is not a Christian tradition, it is catholic. completely different.

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 18:17:35 +0000

@ JTV….
You did nail the statement on “Grover”. Not sure Morgan would be any better.
Mardi Gras is a definate date and should NOT be just moved around at the whim of some group, individual or other’s opinion.
If the celebration cannot be held on the specific date then skip it until 2022.

Unsure why Biden says the darkest days of covid are Ahead of Us….thought he had a PLAN to end the chinese virus.

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 18:13:53 +0000

Unsure why Biden says the darkest days of covid are Ahead of Us….

By: the pope

the pope — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 18:03:15 +0000

Y’all go ahead and have your ‘celebrations’, debauchery, drunkenness up until Fat Tuesday and I’ll forgive you (wink, wink).

By: A Alex

A Alex — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 16:09:51 +0000

Another reason why in quit donating and promoting pensacola/Escambia county. The government here is stuck in sand

By: Josh Jones

Josh Jones — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 15:01:27 +0000

While Lent is based in Christianity, Mardi Gras is not. It is the people’s last hurrah before the ritual Lenten sacrifices and fasting of the Lenten season.

Mardi Gras is not a religious event. If it was it would be celebrated universally. Plenty of cities have no Mardi Gras events, including some of the largest American cities: New York, Chicago, Houston. Mardi Gras is celebrated in only a handful of American cities: Mobile, New Orleans, Pensacola, etc.

Changing the date of Pensacola’s Mardi Gras celebration will not reduce its impact, but postponing it will ensure its participants are better protected from the COVID virus.

By: BeeDub

BeeDub — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 12:59:55 +0000

@JTV – totally agree! They didn’t have a problem cancelling for 2020. Mardi Gras is NOT in May and “Carnivale” is a flimsy excuse to replace it for whatever monetary gain is/was expected.
Maybe we should have 2021’s Easter and Christmas on that same date in May. What a fabulous way to carve Christianity out of our country! But, I guess we need to keep Easter and Christmas on track with their 2021 dates since they have their own “surge” of spending.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 12:53:30 +0000

Wow, for a town that likes to have a Marci Gras parade, it amazes me that they don’t have a clue about it’s traditions rooted in the Catholic faith. Mardi Gras is not like a sport season that can be moved around. January 6th, Three Kings Day starts the season and ends on Fat Tuesday before the holy period of lent. Ever wonder why all the celebrations stop sharply at Midnight in New Orleans. To have this type of celebration after lent is insane and speaks more to the money involved then the it’s meaning. If we must, to protect others and ourselves, then perhaps the best decision is to fore go the parades this year. WWJD?

By: JTV

JTV — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 12:00:25 +0000

Grover is an idiot.
Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday isn’t an arbitrary event
It’s the day before Ash Wednesday
It’s the celebration before people fast for Lent.
Would he move the Christmas festivities to March?
He just tossed the Christian meaning of the time out the door

By: SouthFlomaton4Ever

SouthFlomaton4Ever — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 11:13:01 +0000

No public assembly for Mardi Gras but no problem with the BLM protests earlier in the year. No Trump street mural but BLM street mural ok. Taking down Confederate monument supposed to heal all the ills of Pcola but more violence then ever. Grover and his bunch have an agenda? VOTE OUT GROVER AND HIS CREW!