ACTION ALERT: National Day of protest against Prop. 8

[Le Taz Hot]

This site lists protest locations for each state. The date is THIS SATURDAY. I don't have to tell DUers that Prop. 8 goes WAY beyond California. Please join us if you can

http://jointheimpact.wetpaint.com/?t=anon

Mods: If we could keep this in GD instead of moving it to a forum most people don't visit, I'd appreciate it.

[Le Taz Hot]

1. Could we keep this kicked for awhile?

Thanks!

[Hepburn]

23. Kick....! n/t

[midnight]

2. Protest against Prop. 8. Glad to hear there is pushing back

against this discrimination.

[HelenWheels]

3. I can't get to Milwaukee, WI on Saturday

is there something else I can do?

I'm attending a wedding that day, ironic isn't it, while it's a male/female wedding I believe they are supporters of marriage for all adult couples.

Edit: This is goddess40, I forgot to sign out of my mom's name and into mine. Although she is also a supporter.

[Le Taz Hot]

4. I'm sure donations are always welcome but if you could

lend your voice and body to the protest, MAYBE the MSM will pick it up. The haters need to see the backlash that is coming their way.

[Ian David]

5. Oh, crap... my father is going to be visiting that day.

Well, I'll see if we can stop by and grab some brochures at least.

[Le Taz Hot]

8. Fear not.

There will be others. This is NOT going away.

[marmar]

6. Ked & Red.......

:kick:

[rosesaylavee]

7. K & R

[nichomachus]

9. Here's an important suggestion for anyone protesting

Bring crosses -- big ones. You can paint stuff on them like "Do not crucify gay people on a cross of hate" or stuff like that. Why?

We had a demo in Palm Springs on the Friday after the vote. It was right after the election, people were hurt and a lot of them upset and angry.

Some idiot woman, claiming she was "expressing her religious beliefs" charged into the crowd carrying a huge styrofoam cross. Some of the protestors grabbed the cross and broke it up. They shouldn't have done that, but they were pretty emotional.

Now, the cops are trying to pressure the woman into pressing charges and the fundie nuts in town are trying to get the police to classify this as a hate crime.

We need to take their own symbols away from them. If there are demos all over the country, you can be sure the fundies will show up with their crosses. If we are carrying them too, it takes away any effect they have, including attracting the attention of the TV cameras.

Just a suggestion from an old '60s radical.

[Ian David]

10. The fundies here in Mass. have a big, orange Helium balloon that says "Jesus is Lord."

Maybe we need a giant Helium balloon of our own.

Or a b.b. gun.

[nichomachus]

29. Definitely get a helium balloon of your own, which says

"Jesus is a helium balloon"

[Le Taz Hot]

12. Another 60's radical here.

Some other suggestions for a cross:

"Hate is not a family value."

"Right now three things remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love."
1 Corintheans 13:13

Off the top of my head . . .

[nichomachus]

14. Don't forget

"Marriage is a civil contract." --Brigham Young

[Le Taz Hot]

18. Ooohhhh! Good one!

n/t

[Maat]

28. Actually, that's how the code (family law section) begins in California ...

"Marriage is a civil contract."

I wish I could get that through these idiots' heads.

[Ian David]

30. Ezekiel 4:12

And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/ezek/4.html

[OnionPatch]

15. Maybe you can say

If God forgives you for eating shellfish, He will forgive me for being gay. :shrug:

[carlyhippy]

11. K&R

[Le Taz Hot]

13. Another kick

It's only 6:05 am here in CA so I'm guessing most people aren't up yet. If you care about this issue, I ask that you keep this kicked so as many people as possible from DU can participate in the protests.

[bear425]

16. . I wish people wouldn't only give facebook links. I don't belong

and would like to find out what's happening in Fort Lauderdale. Oh well, I guess I'll just show up.

[Le Taz Hot]

17. Here you go.

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

City Hall: 100 N. Andrews Avenue

at 1:30

[bear425]

20. Yes, thank you. I just wondered if there was any other info

when the facebook link is followed. I guess the most important part is the location and time. Again, thanks. Oh, K/R.

[Le Taz Hot]

21. I'm not on facebook either so

I feel your pain. :-) Thanks for the K & R. I'm surprised and disappointed this keeps sinking as fast as it is.

[Le Taz Hot]

19. Last kick from the OP.

After all the Prop. 8 rhetoric on DU, I can't believe *I'm* having to do this. :shrug:

[Maven]

22. Kick

[WillyT]

24. Big Ole K & R !!!

:bounce::kick::bounce:

:patriot:

[Change has come]

25. Kick

:kick:

[greeneyedboy]

26. K&R. This isn't over. We are done waiting for equality. n/t

[123infinity]

27. Thanks!

...

[funkybug]

31. I'll be there Saturday in Orlando

IF I can scrape up enough money for signs, mine will say:

"Yes WE Can"
*what part of "WE" did you not understand?**

My daughter's sign will say
"Love Your Neighbor"
**unless she's gay**

[AntiFascist]

32. K&R, this looks like it will be big! n/t

[anigbrowl]

33. It's a pity there wasn't this level of activity before the election

Although the campaign against Prop 8 put in a great deal of effort, I didn't see a whole lot in the way of public support for it, outside of the fundraisers I attended.

[readmoreoften]

36. Blame and bait. Why would people protest something that hadn't been taken away?

Bizarre assumption.

[rhett o rick]

43. Many thought it was not conceivable that with the large Democratic turnout

that it would pass.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

34. For what it is worth...

Blurb and link are headlined over at World News Trust. I can do that. I be the web weenie. ;-)

[emlev]

35. Please respond to my thread over at JoinTheImpact

Thanks for the link to this site. I joined and posted a thread there just now. Would appreciate some help keeping it visible, because for it to be useful it needs to be seen by a lot of people.

Here's my thread over there.


Photo can be found at ?v=0.





Edited to add image.

[bluedawg12]

37. K&R

Thanks.

[Ladyhawk]

38. I'm often ill and probably can't go, but I'm with you on this.

I'm rather pissed at my fellow Californians. I can't believe California voted for this...maybe the wingnuts in my neck of the woods, but not the urban centers.

[rhett o rick]

39. Don't ask me to kick this.......oops. jk nm

[bear425]

40. Evening kicky. n/t

[MountainLaurel]

41. New Orleans protest

Saturday, November 15, 2008
12:30pm - 3:30pm
New Orleans City Hall
1300 Perdido St.
New Orleans, LA

Hope to see you there!

[slay]

42. I'll be going to one here in NC

Hope everyone else can make it to one near them. I'm not gay myself - but this is a civil rights issue without doubt and I hope everyone straight and gay will come out and support equal rights for our GLBT brothers and sisters. :hippie:

[RedLetterRev]

44. Kick!

[RedLetterRev]

45. Update (and another kick)

My partner and I have decided to attend a demo in NC. Hope to see some Triad DUers. I'll be the one in the funny collar making fundy heads explode :)

BTW, I really like the suggestion of I Cor 13:13. I'm gonna run with that one. Thanks!

[FreeState]

46. I'll be there in San Diego n/t

[veness]

47. Kick! n/t

[and-justice-for-all]

48. kick

[myrna minx]

49. Kick. I'll be there in Minneapolis. n/t

[greguganus]

50. I read about a church in Lansing, MI that was disrupted during the service.

I would think entering a church to protest would hurt the cause for equal rights. Interested in any responses.

http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20081112/NEWS01/811120369