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The United Conservative Party will be notably absent from this year’s Edmonton Pride parade after the festival rejected its application.

The request “did not speak to any direct action they take or will take to support the inclusion of all segments of the LGBTQ2S+ community,” said a Thursday news release from the Edmonton Pride Festival Society.

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In its application, the UCP campaigned to march in the parade and touted the party as a “welcoming and inclusive organization.”

“As our leader has repeatedly stated, ‘In our party it doesn’t matter what God you worship or who you love,'” the application said, referring to Opposition leader Jason Kenney.

The NDP and Alberta Party will be permitted to march in the parade while UCP members stay on the sidelines.

“It’s hardly surprising that a celebration that’s designed to support LGBTQ kids, adults and families across the province would resist having a party that clearly doesn’t stand with them,” Premier Rachel Notley said Thursday.