Prop 8 Protest Information Thread

[Disneyphile]

Hmmmm. Decisions, decisions......

[Morrigoon]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Well, I have trying to legally change my name lately but the court system is VERY slow.

Let's see.....

8:00 - up, feed and walk animals and eat something
9:00 - get on train to Downtown
10:10 - arrive at Civic Center.
10:30 - 11:30 - protest
11:30 - 12:30 - farwellagains
12:30 - 1:45 - train to LB
2:00 back home for party prep

Can she do it? Will my foot allow for it?

If you're definitely leaving by 12:30, I could ride with you. I have work at 4:30 so I have to make sure I'm back out of there earlyish.

Of if there's going to be an OC thing, I could do that. But OC sounds splintered between Irvine City Hall and South Coast Plaza.

[Sohrshah]

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

Sure. We'll probably leave about 8:20 to get to the Blue Line station. However, we're not planning on coming back to OC between the protest and party. We'll either hang out in downtown, or head back to LB and do something there until party time, if you'd like to join us. A Metro day pass is $5, so there are a lot of options for killing the afternoon.

Kevy - are you and GusGus planning on making it too?

NA - do you want to meet at the Willow station at 9?

That sounds good to me! Lance should be coming up via car after he gets off work, so he can bring me home later, when you go to LB for your party!

[Not Afraid]

DP, do you want to drop off the butter at my house before the train?

9:0 at the station sounds good - depending on if I can walk or not.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Yeah, but I am thinking Orange County. While I would like to be a part of the bigger crowd (both overall and LoT contingency), GD puts up a good argument that it might be better to voice my opinion in my own neighborhood.

The fault in GD's argument is what it will (potentially) do for him and, thus (potentially) for you ... putting aside what it will add to the smaller Orange County Protest.

Let me 'splain ...


Last Saturday, I went to two protests. One was at the Mormon Temple. It was a small group of about 25. I was really glad I added to the number, because the small number of people made that important. It was my 4th protest of the week.

That night, I went to Silverlake. You'd think I would have been a bit jaded on my 5th protest of the week ... but the HUGE crowd was transformative for me. Experiencing the sheer numbers of people in support of this was nothing short of amazing ... and when I looked back on the whole march (or the portion visible to the human eye) from atop a hill at the end of the route, I almost cried.

It was a taste of I Have A Dream on the Washington mall. Yeah, not that big ... but the bigness was impressive and fantastic and so moving.




So maybe it's a selfish urge ... but I want to witness and be part of the the biggerdom.




There's nothing wrong with supporting your home town effort.

But if I lived in Fresno .... I'd drive down to L.A.


just sayin'

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

If you're definitely leaving by 12:30, I could ride with you. I have work at 4:30 so I have to make sure I'm back out of there earlyish.

Of if there's going to be an OC thing, I could do that. But OC sounds splintered between Irvine City Hall and South Coast Plaza.

If I go, I won't be driving, I'll be training it.

[Morrigoon]

I meant ride the train back This is definitely not a plentiful parking situation.

NA, can you post directions to the station?

[Not Afraid]

The station is on the corner of Willow and Long Beach Blvd in the same lot that houses an Albertson's, a Carl's, a Rite-Aid. The actual station is actually behind the Starbucks through the parking garage.

[Strangler Lewis]

No! No! No!

[Sohrshah]

Originally Posted by Sohrshah

That sounds good to me! Lance should be coming up via car after he gets off work, so he can bring me home later, when you go to LB for your party!

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

Sure. We'll probably leave about 8:20 to get to the Blue Line station. However, we're not planning on coming back to OC between the protest and party. We'll either hang out in downtown, or head back to LB and do something there until party time, if you'd like to join us. A Metro day pass is $5, so there are a lot of options for killing the afternoon.

Kevy - are you and GusGus planning on making it too?

NA - do you want to meet at the Willow station at 9?

On second thought, I might have him take the train too, we're supposed to be going to RHPS that night...