Prop 8 Protest Information Thread - Page 6

innerSpaceman · 11-08-2008, 10:52 PM

Yep, Best March Ever. Totally 60's Vietnam/I Have a Dream Revisited.

The Marching Band was teh crowning awesome of the awesomest March in forever, certainly the crowning glory of this week of Prop H8 Protest.

Let me say right off that I missed the element of "civilian" contact and support. And the rally was actually too crowded to really get a look at all the cool signs and mingle with folks. I'd estimate there were more than 6,000 people in Sunset Junction. But the energy was fantastic, vibrant and happening. The neighborhood was great, with a fantastic projection system of relevent graphics on a garage door, and a bunch of people bullhorning from the rooftop of Rough Trade.

I was with mousepod and the wonderful Mrs. mousepod, our local Silver Lake peeps. Just as I uncannily did with the LoT folk the night before in Long Beach, i found Gemini Cricket within moments of wading into the huge crowd. Bizarre.

I wandered off into the thick of the crowd to find Chernabog, but no luck on that score. The place was so crowded, I almost couldn't find the peeps I was with again, and I got kinda scared for sec. There was some kind of program going on, but we couldn't hear it at all. It was just insanity.

When the March finally started, though, the event took off into the stratosphere.

Once again, the L.A.P.D. has it all over the over-reactive stormtroopers of Long Beach. They simply rode ahead and closed off side streets so we could march down Santa Monica Blvd. to Vermont, then back up to Sunset in a big loop back to the Junction.

The March was so much fun. The crowd spread out so we could all interact more and it was a blast.

Alas, we lost Brad Cricket pretty soon after the March started, but I had a fantastic time with mousepod and Heather.

I've got to say here how fantastic is that, during this week of protest, there coincidentally has been a "host straight couple" out to show support and demonstrate solidarity in the most moving ways.

For Wednesday's rally in West Hollywood, LSPE and Tom were on hand (though technically they live in Hollywood). Yesterday's Long Beach Rally and March saw locals Not Afraid and €uroMeinke on hand, and tonight's Silver Lake extravaganza was hosted by the mousepod and his wonderful Mrs.

Thank you all so much. Your support means so much to me, and to all of us LoT Gayz I'm sure!

So at one point, just before we realized the march was going to loop back, we decided we had gone too far out for our tastes and wanted to start the long road back. We pulled off the side to get doughnuts and drinks .... and paused to watch the parade go by.

We figured we were in the middle of the pack ... but the march kept going, and going, and going, and going, and going, and going, and going.

It was unbelieveable. Someone said news reports had the marching crowd at 6 city blocks long. It seemed longer. When the full on Marching Band finally went by, I almost lost it .... the awesomeness was too much for me!!

Fortunately, having got out of the stream, we could see that the march was turning a corner and likely looping back to the starting point ... so we kept with it for the full course meal.

Near the end, and I don't know how, we ended up from all the way in the rear to all the way in the front. Turns out there was a truck leading the way ... and in front of that a few police cruisers as "pace cars" and then a phallanx of motorcyle cops that would drive ahead and close off all the side streets in advance of the tremendous march.

So much freaking better than Long Beach ... and yet the route prevented things from getting out of hand and messing up traffic in East Hollywood and Los Feliz as happened in West L.A. on Thursday. L.A.P.D. had it down ... and Long Beach Police Gestapo SUCK!

When we finally got back to the Junction, we were on a bit of a hill, and could finally look back and see the most of the procession stretching off into infinity. It gave me goosebumps. It was like the Washington Mall for Martin Luther King and sh!t like that ... classic, HUGE, civil rights demonstration. OMG. So Frelling Fantastic!!!!

mousepod took photos, and i hope he's posting them right now as I type this.

Gemini Cricket · 11-08-2008, 11:24 PM

The protest rally in Silver Lake was great. Huge turnout. Apparently, 10,000 people were there.

I also brought 2 friends of mine to the rally. It was their first protest ever.

We marched but gave out at about 9:15p or so.

My sign said, "They Can't Amend Love" on the front and "2nd Class Citizen, 1st Rate B!tch" on the back with arrows pointing to me.

innerSpaceman · 11-08-2008, 11:37 PM

What do you mean "gave out?"

We did the whole route, and got all the way back to MY car (after getting back to the mousepod car and driving me back to Silver Lake) by 9:30!

Sorry we lost you Brad.

Your sign was Great!!

BarTopDancer · 11-09-2008, 12:07 AM

Top story of the channel 4 news.

5,000 people in SLC. Awesome.

See those who go to Saddleback tomorrow. It will be interesting. I have a bunch of co-workers who attend church there.

When I sent this to a friend of mine who doesn't go there she sent back

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You know that Rick’s daughter is sick in the hospital, needs brain surgery for an aneurism and hasn’t spoken publicly in weeks. Last week was the first time he spoke at the church and [name removed] said he never mentioned Prop 8. Not sure what email they are referring to.

Morrigoon · 11-09-2008, 01:27 AM

Cops are apparently already circling Saddleback, Alex said he saw like 5 cop cars trolling around that intersection.

Isaac · 11-09-2008, 02:38 AM

Ooh!
Can't wait for the saddleback protest

Morrigoon · 11-09-2008, 04:53 AM

Just stay on the sidewalk, kids.

innerSpaceman · 11-09-2008, 08:08 AM

I wish I could go to Saddleback with you guys (work prevents). Each of these events had a somewhat different flavor ... and this mornings looks to be the most, shall we say, confrontational.

mousepod · 11-09-2008, 09:04 AM

Really really glad we got to participate in the march last night. It was a great experience to be among thousands of people of like minds on the subject. Let's hope this noise amounts to something...

Here are a few of the pictures I took last night:

Isaac · 11-09-2008, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by mousepod

Best ....sign.... ever!

11-08-2008, 10:52 PM	#51
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Yep, Best March Ever. Totally 60's Vietnam/I Have a Dream Revisited. The Marching Band was teh crowning awesome of the awesomest March in forever, certainly the crowning glory of this week of Prop H8 Protest. Let me say right off that I missed the element of "civilian" contact and support. And the rally was actually too crowded to really get a look at all the cool signs and mingle with folks. I'd estimate there were more than 6,000 people in Sunset Junction. But the energy was fantastic, vibrant and happening. The neighborhood was great, with a fantastic projection system of relevent graphics on a garage door, and a bunch of people bullhorning from the rooftop of Rough Trade. I was with mousepod and the wonderful Mrs. mousepod, our local Silver Lake peeps. Just as I uncannily did with the LoT folk the night before in Long Beach, i found Gemini Cricket within moments of wading into the huge crowd. Bizarre. I wandered off into the thick of the crowd to find Chernabog, but no luck on that score. The place was so crowded, I almost couldn't find the peeps I was with again, and I got kinda scared for sec. There was some kind of program going on, but we couldn't hear it at all. It was just insanity. When the March finally started, though, the event took off into the stratosphere. Once again, the L.A.P.D. has it all over the over-reactive stormtroopers of Long Beach. They simply rode ahead and closed off side streets so we could march down Santa Monica Blvd. to Vermont, then back up to Sunset in a big loop back to the Junction. The March was so much fun. The crowd spread out so we could all interact more and it was a blast. Alas, we lost Brad Cricket pretty soon after the March started, but I had a fantastic time with mousepod and Heather. I've got to say here how fantastic is that, during this week of protest, there coincidentally has been a "host straight couple" out to show support and demonstrate solidarity in the most moving ways. For Wednesday's rally in West Hollywood, LSPE and Tom were on hand (though technically they live in Hollywood). Yesterday's Long Beach Rally and March saw locals Not Afraid and €uroMeinke on hand, and tonight's Silver Lake extravaganza was hosted by the mousepod and his wonderful Mrs. Thank you all so much. Your support means so much to me, and to all of us LoT Gayz I'm sure! So at one point, just before we realized the march was going to loop back, we decided we had gone too far out for our tastes and wanted to start the long road back. We pulled off the side to get doughnuts and drinks .... and paused to watch the parade go by. We figured we were in the middle of the pack ... but the march kept going, and going, and going, and going, and going, and going, and going. It was unbelieveable. Someone said news reports had the marching crowd at 6 city blocks long. It seemed longer. When the full on Marching Band finally went by, I almost lost it .... the awesomeness was too much for me!! Fortunately, having got out of the stream, we could see that the march was turning a corner and likely looping back to the starting point ... so we kept with it for the full course meal. Near the end, and I don't know how, we ended up from all the way in the rear to all the way in the front. Turns out there was a truck leading the way ... and in front of that a few police cruisers as "pace cars" and then a phallanx of motorcyle cops that would drive ahead and close off all the side streets in advance of the tremendous march. So much freaking better than Long Beach ... and yet the route prevented things from getting out of hand and messing up traffic in East Hollywood and Los Feliz as happened in West L.A. on Thursday. L.A.P.D. had it down ... and Long Beach Police Gestapo SUCK! When we finally got back to the Junction, we were on a bit of a hill, and could finally look back and see the most of the procession stretching off into infinity. It gave me goosebumps. It was like the Washington Mall for Martin Luther King and sh!t like that ... classic, HUGE, civil rights demonstration. OMG. So Frelling Fantastic!!!! mousepod took photos, and i hope he's posting them right now as I type this.
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11-08-2008, 11:24 PM	#52
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	The protest rally in Silver Lake was great. Huge turnout. Apparently, 10,000 people were there. I also brought 2 friends of mine to the rally. It was their first protest ever. We marched but gave out at about 9:15p or so. My sign said, "They Can't Amend Love" on the front and "2nd Class Citizen, 1st Rate B!tch" on the back with arrows pointing to me.
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11-08-2008, 11:37 PM	#53
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	What do you mean "gave out?" We did the whole route, and got all the way back to MY car (after getting back to the mousepod car and driving me back to Silver Lake) by 9:30! Sorry we lost you Brad. Your sign was Great!!
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11-09-2008, 01:27 AM	#55
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Cops are apparently already circling Saddleback, Alex said he saw like 5 cop cars trolling around that intersection. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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11-09-2008, 02:38 AM	#56
Isaac the one n only Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Anaheim Posts: 1,236	Ooh! Can't wait for the saddleback protest __________________
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11-09-2008, 04:53 AM	#57
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Just stay on the sidewalk, kids. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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11-09-2008, 08:08 AM	#58
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I wish I could go to Saddleback with you guys (work prevents). Each of these events had a somewhat different flavor ... and this mornings looks to be the most, shall we say, confrontational.
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11-09-2008, 09:04 AM	#59
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Really really glad we got to participate in the march last night. It was a great experience to be among thousands of people of like minds on the subject. Let's hope this noise amounts to something... Here are a few of the pictures I took last night: __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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