A Prop 8 challenge for swankers

[Isaac]

Ooh! I'm in!

I'll try to get out of work early to make sure I get there on time.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

If anyone know more about a Long Beach protest, please post.

I found this on the interwebs
which lines up with what my friend has been hearing.

Friday night (tomorrow) we plan to march down Broadway in the city of Long Beach in 3 stages. For those who cannot walk the entire route, we welcome your support on the sidelines.

FRIDAY NIGHT - 7pm Intersection of Broadway and Redondo (near the Library CoffeeHouse) in Belmont Heights. We need a large amount of people to completely blocks the intersection and start marching down Broadway to completely CLOSE DOWN the street. Contact your list, email, text, telephone, etc...let each other know WE WILL NOT TOLERATE THIS INJUSTICE! Find parking ahead of time either down the route, or in the neighborhoods that stage starts in. I recommend the Broadway bus Route 111/112 if you're starting with us, The little Red bus down Ocean and off at Redondo, then walk three blocks north.

FRIDAY NIGHT (Second Stage) - 7:30-7:45pm Intersection of Broadway and Junipero in Bluff Heights. Come join us and walk with us to the next rallying point. Show your peers that they need to join in on the struggle for EQUAL RIGHTS. We will continue to March down Broadway and pull people from the bars to march with us. We will encourage people shopping and dining to join us in our statement to the State of California that THIS IS WRONG! Again, parking will be tight, so arrive EARLY. The park is a great spot to ditch the car while you walk. The OCean little red bus works too, as does the 4th Street bus.

FRIDAY NIGHT (Third and Final Stage) - 8:15 - 8:30pm Intersection of Broadway and Alamitos in Bluff Heights (near Hamburger Marys) We will start the last leg of our march to PIne Ave and down to Ocean Blvd. WE WILL BE HEARD TOMORROW NIGHT. Bring signs, candles, comfortable shoes to march in. Encourage friends and family, gay and straight alike to join us. WE NEED TO MAKE A POWERFUL PRESENCE tomorrow night. All bus routes apply here. Parking IS a bear downtown, but we're on a mission....find a way!

The organizers of NO ON PROP 8 have been notified, and we need WAY MORE PEOPLE!! THANK YOU ALL for joining in our efforts to hear our loud voices heard. Please please please be peaceful. No altercations our vandalism during the march. We're marching through OUR main neighborhoods, we wish to make a positive statement, not an unruly one.

Copy and paste this to your friends, families, blog it, broadcast it, text it, email it, just get the word out.

[Not Afraid]

Thanks, EH!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Hmmmm. I'm thinking CP should use her day off tomorrow to see what's going on at Chapman. There was STRONG No support in the weeks running up, if they've got people outside at the University, we might be able to find something local.

[€uroMeinke]

I'd love to see the gay equivalent of the million man march, hoping on buses and heading to Salt Lake City for a weekend long Love-in.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I've attended one protest in my life, more as a favor than by choice. A friend came to visit me in NYC and he wanted to go. We were sandwiched between people and moving at a snail's pace. I had a mild panic attack. Not a fan of large crowds and slow walking. I had an immediate need to flee and he had to help me out of the crowd. And I bailed on AIDS Walk for a similar reason. Sandwiched in a crowd, slow walking. I think this combo is my idea of limbo. Not quite a circle in hell but far, far from heaven.

So, I'm a wuss. With an aversion to the gathered masses. I wouldn't go to Woodstock and I probably won't attend a no on hate protest, though I love the idea and I'll try to find other ways to have my say. To all those who gather, kudos and good luck! Fight hard, and be safe.

[JWBear]

We're in! (Broadway and Redondo is within walking distance of our house!)

[Not Afraid]

Can i park in your driveway?

[JWBear]

Sure!

[Alex]

I want someone to come to my door and ask me those questions. Because I do want to know what they script says to say when I respond "Yes, so long as they are both adults when they make the decision I have no problem with a mother marrying her daughter."