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About n about 30 minutes right outside our doors at rockefeller center, the country's biggest st. patrick's day parade. only one main sponsor left. for the first time in more than 20 years, the city's mayor is snubbing the parade and the city's council, all over gay rights. i want to bring in aaron karmon and philip bump. not just new york, obviously. boston, the mayor refused to march in the parade. we've seen there that sam adams has pulled out. lgbt groups have been marching since 1990. what happened this year that suddenly this has become a big deal? >> well, i think this has to be seen in...

Your irish accent is a lot better than mine. >> you said have you an irish passport. >> i do. how un-american. the fight for civil vits very american. thank you for joining us thanks so much. >> appreciate it. best to your family. that wraps things up for today's edition of "ronan farrow daily." now it is time for "the reid report." >> i thought about you because just in case you didn't wear green today, i got your button right here so month one can pinch you. >> i will be wearing that right after your show. >> sounds like a plan. thanks, man. all right. coming up next on "the reid report," ...

Welcome back. decked out in green, crowds are line upped along new york city's fifth avenue to take part in the biggest st. patrick's day parade in the country. in a stung announcement late yesterday, irish beermaker guinness dropped its sponsorship citing the event's policy of exclusion of the gay and lesbian groups. under the parade organizers policies, members of the lgbt community are allowed to march. however, they cannot carry signs identifying their sexual orientation. the company which is the biggest sponsor of the parade released a statement saying in part, guinness has a strong histo...

>> where is the best place for you and your family to go? we have four cities with the bigs saint patrick -- biggest st. patrick's day. >> we all have a reason to celebrate. the first city boston probably the most irish city of any in the country. >> a quarter claim they have irish. >> a million people turning out for the parade. we will have a road race sponsored by the boys and girls club. it's a 5 k thousands of people turnout for that as well. >> then they go and drink the beer. >> absolutely. then there's the irish heritage trail three mile stretch in downtown boston.

>> reporter: it's a time-honored american tradition. marching and toasting to irish heritage. but this year, the country's two biggest st. patrick's day celebrations are caught up in a clash over gay rights. parades in boston and new york city losing major sponsors because organizers ban openly guy groups. >> this is the 23rd year in new york city and it is not over until every lbgt person can march down the street behind a banner saying who they are. >> brewing companies, guinness, sam adams, heineken also pulling financial support for the parade. for the first time in decades, new york city'...