Prop 8 Protest Information Thread

innerSpaceman · 11-09-2008, 09:53 PM

Was that EH1812 at a PROTEST? In a crowd?!??!

Thanks, EH and all of you - CP, GD, NM and BTD. YOU ROCK!
(wow, the straight LoT contingent certainly outnumbered the LoT gay contingent on this one ... what if Isaac wasn't there??? Hahahah)

Ok, after five protest rallys and marches since Election Day ... I think I'm a little done for a while.

WeHo, Mormon Temple, LongBeach, Mormon Temple Lite, and SilverLake. Phew!

I'm gonna go the LHC meeting Tuesday night to talk about ideas of where to go from here, and to channel the hopefully continuing interest in activities.

But next Saturday at City Hall sounds like the next time I'll be in the mood for protest. And Tiki Party Afterwards!!!

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 11-10-2008, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Was that EH1812 at a PROTEST? In a crowd?!??!

Thanks, EH and all of you - CP, GD, NM and BTD. YOU ROCK!

I was easily convinced with a little tender, love and care. Or, rather, I knew this protest wouldn't attract the same size crowd as some of the L.A. protests. And I wasn't going to be sandwiched in a slow march, anywhere. Perhaps my tolerance for large crowds and slow walking will increase with every protest I attend...

Anyhoo, it was a positive and energizing experience.

Gemini Cricket · 11-10-2008, 03:34 PM

November 15th, 2008 - 10:30a PST / 1:30p EST
This Saturday!

Nationwide Protest of Proposition 8

At a City Hall Near You!

Los Angeles City Hall
200 N Spring St
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 485-2121

San Diego City Hall
111 W Harbor Dr
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 525-5000

Sacramento City Hall
915 I St # 5
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 264-5011

San Francisco City Hall
1 Dr Carton B Goodlett Pl
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 554-4000

San Jose City Hall
200 E Santa Clara St
San Jose, CA 95113
(408) 535-3500

Moreno Valley City Hall
14177 Frederick St
Moreno Valley, CA 92553
(951) 413-3800

Bakersfield City Hall
1600 Truxtun Ave # 300
Bakersfield, CA 93301
(661) 326-3765

Phoenix City Hall
111 W Monroe St # 1216
Phoenix, AZ 85003
(602) 252-9600

Spokane City Hall
808 W Spokane Falls Blvd # 550
Spokane, WA 99201
(509) 625-6225

Seattle City Hall
600 4th Ave # 2
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 684-8888

Salt Lake City City Council Office
451 S State St # 304
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
(801) 535-7600

Honolulu City Hall
1450 Ala Moana Blvd # 1286
Honolulu, HI 96814
(808) 973-2600

To name a few....

Major National Protest Against Prop 8
and then Major National Going Away Party for GC!

Gemini Cricket · 11-10-2008, 03:38 PM

THIS IS A NATIONWIDE EVENT - ALL US STATES HAVE AT LEAST 1 PROTEST LOCATION!
http://www.jointheimpact.com for Locations
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Be part of the next Civil Rights Movement - Be part of history - Join the National Protest / March for Equality on November 15th!
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WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! Now is your chance to be a "community organizer"! Go to the website and post if you are willing to volunteer to help get out the word in your city. We need 3 or 4 dedicated volunteers in each town to contact the clubs and organizations in your area and to print/distribute flyers to get a turnout in your town.

This is not a California issue. This is an issue of equality across America. Stand up and make your voice heard. Visit the website www.jointheimpact.com.

-----------------

SATURDAY NOV 15TH -
10:30AM WEST COAST
11:30AM MOUNTIAN TIME ZONE
12:30PM CENTRAL TIME ZONE
1:30PM EAST COAST
PRINT OUT THE SIGNS - TAKE THEM TO THE PROTEST

Prop 8 Protest: A Call to the LGBTQ Community, Friends, & Family

Lengthy Description (SFW):

Spoiler:

I’m sure all would agree that with the election of Barack Obama, this week has been one of amazing wins in the world of equality! Still, Tuesday night was a bitter-sweet celebration. We came together to witness the first black man who will become our president, yet watched in sadness as Florida, Arizona, Arkansas, and California all voted down equal rights for all citizens. Pundits and bloggers alike have put their focus on Proposition 8, trying hard to find an explanation for the anti-gay wins in the face of a huge swell of support for equality elsewhere. Some have blamed the voters, others blame religious groups, and even others blame the LGBTQ community for not being able to mobilize on a larger enough scale. And you know what? There is truth in each argument.

As a community, we have to admit to the fact that we are polarized in various ways. Honestly, I’m not sure what community isn’t and I believe that our polarization is proof to our humanity - we are no different than anyone else, regardless of color, creed, or sexual orientation. Still, our polarization has hindered us from mobilizing as one strong voice. We all come together in the month of June to celebrate Gay Pride, but few of us are even aware of why Gay Pride exists. Gay Pride is a celebration to commemorate the Stonewall Riots of 1969. Many say that the Gay Rights Movement began in 1969, which means that we are still a young movement and have accomplished a great deal in such a short amount of time. The generation that fought for us in 1969 deserves our gratitude and respect. This is a generation of amazing people who fought for our ability to hold hands in the street, to speak out against hate, to dance to our own “thumpa thump”, witness television shows with a queer cast, and come together in the streets celebrating for an entire month! This is the generation that opened the doors for us to even have a conversation about gay marriage, and this is the generation that deserves our help and our voices now. On June 27th, 1969, this generation came together in protest, jumping from closets, taking to the streets, and mobilizing in ways this country had never seen before! And what happened? The country was forced to respond. The Queer identity was forced onto the front pages and coffee tables of people’s worlds and people had to once and for all accept that we are human too!

Now, almost 40 years later we NEED to come together again. We need to show this nation that we are ONE LOUD VOICE THAT DEMANDS TO BE HEARD! We need to be one organized unit. Our gay pride shouldn’t be something we celebrate one month out of the year. Our gratitude towards the ones who came before us shouldn’t be ignored and wasted away with one party after another. We beg to be given a right that requires responsibility and commitment, yet we, as one strong community, have not proven to this nation that we deserve to be taken seriously! The gay pride parade has become a great party, but it has lost the memory of Stonewall and therefor given the nation another reason to cast us aside as irresponsible. It’s time we come together for debate, for public recognition, and for LOVE! Let’s move as one full unit, on the same day, at the same hour, and let’s show the United States of America that we too are UNITED CITIZENS EQUAL IN MIND, BODY, SPIRIT AND DESERVING OF FULL EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW!

On the steps of your City Hall on November 15th at 10:30am PST / 1:30pm EST, our community WILL take to the streets and speak out against Proposition 8 and all of the other pro-equality losses that we have faced in our lifetimes, in our parents’ lifetimes, and for many generations before us. WE CAN’T DO THIS ALONE! WE NEED YOUR HELP! We need organizers in every major city to work with us and get out the protest! I know you’re all tired from all of the work you’ve done for this great election year, but I’m asking for one more push! Let the country hear our voices together. Let them see that we are a strong, adamant, and powerful community that deserves equal rights, and CAN’T BE DEFEATED!

Send this post to everyone! We have one week and must react to the pro-hate votes cast against us! Let’s help our LGBTQ friends, families, neighbors, and each other to IMPACT this country with a demand for our basic human rights! Join the cause, join the voice, and JOIN THE IMPACT!
November 15th
1:30 PM East Coast
10:30 AM West Coast

11-09-2008, 09:53 PM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Was that EH1812 at a PROTEST? In a crowd?!??! Thanks, EH and all of you - CP, GD, NM and BTD. YOU ROCK! (wow, the straight LoT contingent certainly outnumbered the LoT gay contingent on this one ... what if Isaac wasn't there??? Hahahah) Ok, after five protest rallys and marches since Election Day ... I think I'm a little done for a while. WeHo, Mormon Temple, LongBeach, Mormon Temple Lite, and SilverLake. Phew! I'm gonna go the LHC meeting Tuesday night to talk about ideas of where to go from here, and to channel the hopefully continuing interest in activities. But next Saturday at City Hall sounds like the next time I'll be in the mood for protest. And Tiki Party Afterwards!!!
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11-10-2008, 03:34 PM	#3
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Join the Impact! - Protest Prop 8 on Nov 15th! November 15th, 2008 - 10:30a PST / 1:30p EST This Saturday! Nationwide Protest of Proposition 8 At a City Hall Near You! Los Angeles City Hall 200 N Spring St Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 485-2121 San Diego City Hall 111 W Harbor Dr San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 525-5000 Sacramento City Hall 915 I St # 5 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 264-5011 San Francisco City Hall 1 Dr Carton B Goodlett Pl San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 554-4000 San Jose City Hall 200 E Santa Clara St San Jose, CA 95113 (408) 535-3500 Moreno Valley City Hall 14177 Frederick St Moreno Valley, CA 92553 (951) 413-3800 Bakersfield City Hall 1600 Truxtun Ave # 300 Bakersfield, CA 93301 (661) 326-3765 Phoenix City Hall 111 W Monroe St # 1216 Phoenix, AZ 85003 (602) 252-9600 Spokane City Hall 808 W Spokane Falls Blvd # 550 Spokane, WA 99201 (509) 625-6225 Seattle City Hall 600 4th Ave # 2 Seattle, WA 98104 (206) 684-8888 Salt Lake City City Council Office 451 S State St # 304 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 (801) 535-7600 Honolulu City Hall 1450 Ala Moana Blvd # 1286 Honolulu, HI 96814 (808) 973-2600 To name a few.... Major National Protest Against Prop 8 and then Major National Going Away Party for GC!
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11-10-2008, 03:38 PM	#4
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	THIS IS A NATIONWIDE EVENT - ALL US STATES HAVE AT LEAST 1 PROTEST LOCATION! http://www.jointheimpact.com for Locations --------------------------------------- Be part of the next Civil Rights Movement - Be part of history - Join the National Protest / March for Equality on November 15th! --------------------------------------- WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! Now is your chance to be a "community organizer"! Go to the website and post if you are willing to volunteer to help get out the word in your city. We need 3 or 4 dedicated volunteers in each town to contact the clubs and organizations in your area and to print/distribute flyers to get a turnout in your town. This is not a California issue. This is an issue of equality across America. Stand up and make your voice heard. Visit the website www.jointheimpact.com. ----------------- SATURDAY NOV 15TH - 10:30AM WEST COAST 11:30AM MOUNTIAN TIME ZONE 12:30PM CENTRAL TIME ZONE 1:30PM EAST COAST PRINT OUT THE SIGNS - TAKE THEM TO THE PROTEST Prop 8 Protest: A Call to the LGBTQ Community, Friends, & Family Lengthy Description (SFW): Spoiler: I’m sure all would agree that with the election of Barack Obama, this week has been one of amazing wins in the world of equality! Still, Tuesday night was a bitter-sweet celebration. We came together to witness the first black man who will become our president, yet watched in sadness as Florida, Arizona, Arkansas, and California all voted down equal rights for all citizens. Pundits and bloggers alike have put their focus on Proposition 8, trying hard to find an explanation for the anti-gay wins in the face of a huge swell of support for equality elsewhere. Some have blamed the voters, others blame religious groups, and even others blame the LGBTQ community for not being able to mobilize on a larger enough scale. And you know what? There is truth in each argument. As a community, we have to admit to the fact that we are polarized in various ways. Honestly, I’m not sure what community isn’t and I believe that our polarization is proof to our humanity - we are no different than anyone else, regardless of color, creed, or sexual orientation. Still, our polarization has hindered us from mobilizing as one strong voice. We all come together in the month of June to celebrate Gay Pride, but few of us are even aware of why Gay Pride exists. Gay Pride is a celebration to commemorate the Stonewall Riots of 1969. Many say that the Gay Rights Movement began in 1969, which means that we are still a young movement and have accomplished a great deal in such a short amount of time. The generation that fought for us in 1969 deserves our gratitude and respect. This is a generation of amazing people who fought for our ability to hold hands in the street, to speak out against hate, to dance to our own “thumpa thump”, witness television shows with a queer cast, and come together in the streets celebrating for an entire month! This is the generation that opened the doors for us to even have a conversation about gay marriage, and this is the generation that deserves our help and our voices now. On June 27th, 1969, this generation came together in protest, jumping from closets, taking to the streets, and mobilizing in ways this country had never seen before! And what happened? The country was forced to respond. The Queer identity was forced onto the front pages and coffee tables of people’s worlds and people had to once and for all accept that we are human too! Now, almost 40 years later we NEED to come together again. We need to show this nation that we are ONE LOUD VOICE THAT DEMANDS TO BE HEARD! We need to be one organized unit. Our gay pride shouldn’t be something we celebrate one month out of the year. Our gratitude towards the ones who came before us shouldn’t be ignored and wasted away with one party after another. We beg to be given a right that requires responsibility and commitment, yet we, as one strong community, have not proven to this nation that we deserve to be taken seriously! The gay pride parade has become a great party, but it has lost the memory of Stonewall and therefor given the nation another reason to cast us aside as irresponsible. It’s time we come together for debate, for public recognition, and for LOVE! Let’s move as one full unit, on the same day, at the same hour, and let’s show the United States of America that we too are UNITED CITIZENS EQUAL IN MIND, BODY, SPIRIT AND DESERVING OF FULL EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW! On the steps of your City Hall on November 15th at 10:30am PST / 1:30pm EST, our community WILL take to the streets and speak out against Proposition 8 and all of the other pro-equality losses that we have faced in our lifetimes, in our parents’ lifetimes, and for many generations before us. WE CAN’T DO THIS ALONE! WE NEED YOUR HELP! We need organizers in every major city to work with us and get out the protest! I know you’re all tired from all of the work you’ve done for this great election year, but I’m asking for one more push! Let the country hear our voices together. Let them see that we are a strong, adamant, and powerful community that deserves equal rights, and CAN’T BE DEFEATED! Send this post to everyone! We have one week and must react to the pro-hate votes cast against us! Let’s help our LGBTQ friends, families, neighbors, and each other to IMPACT this country with a demand for our basic human rights! Join the cause, join the voice, and JOIN THE IMPACT! November 15th 1:30 PM East Coast 10:30 AM West Coast
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