Equality Protests in 300 Cities

On Saturday the colors of the rainbow became bolder as hundreds of thousands of protesters across the nation and the world marched in support of same-sex marriage rights. More than a week after voters in three states decided to add discriminatory amendments to their constitutions, street protests were launched in eight countries, all fifty states, and 300 hundred U.S. cities from Honolulu to Boston. Join The Impact, a PAC that organized the rallies, was established just three days after California, Florida, and Arizona passed the controversial ballot initiatives. 

From Huffington Post:  In Salt Lake City, where demonstrators gathered just blocks from the headquarters of the Mormon church, one sign pictured the city's temple with a line adapted from former Republican vice president candidate Sarah Palin: "I can see discrimin-ation from my house."  ...Demonstrators in Washington marched from the U.S. Capitol through the city carrying signs and chanting "One, two, three, four, love is what we're fighting for!"  A public plaza at the foot of New York's Brooklyn Bridge was packed by a cheering crowd of thousands, including people who waved rainbow flags and wore pink buttons that said "I do."  Protests were low-key in North Dakota, where people lined a bridge in Fargo carrying signs and flags... In Los Angeles, protesters gathered near City Hall before marching through downtown. Police said 10,000 to 12,000 people demonstrated...

At a well-attended rally in Las Vegas comedian Wanda Sykes, who has never publicly discussed her sexual orientation, took to the stage and surprised the crowd by announcing that she is gay and married her wife on Oct. 25.  After noting the three states that passed amendments, and a fourth - Arkansas - that just outlawed adoption by same sex couples, Sikes said, "I felt like I was being attacked, personally attacked — our community was attacked.  We shouldn't have to be standing out here demanding something that we should have as citizens of this county... How can you stop people from loving each other? I'm proud to be a woman. I'm proud to be a black woman, and I'm proud to be gay."

Over at Towerload, Andy Towel has posted photo albums of protests held in every state of the union.

Comments

[Amanda]

I don't know what people are getting so worked up about - and I'm not talking about the protesters, I'm talking about the Xtians who have nothing better to do than pass these antigay amendments. Equality shouldn't be voted on! That's just crazy.