Day of Protest
A decent roundup of today's nationwide Prop 8 protest rallies. (It seems inappropriate to "protest" at San Francisco City Hall, where the Mayor has been the #1 supporter of marriage equality - but I guess City Hall is the default location for protests in America for symbolic as well as logistical reasons.) Andrew Sullivan rounds up some photos from across the country, including (!) Grand Forks, North Dakota.
I went to the event in Hartford, Connecticut, where about 100 people showed up (fewer than expected, perhaps, but dissatisfaction with Prop 8 has been overshadowed in our state by satisfaction with Connecticut's recent embrace of marriage equality), including a number of clergy as well as infamous Connecticut counter-protester Zeqir "Ziggy" Berisha, who at first didn't seem to know what the protest was all about, but once informed by passersby, announced in barely comprehensible English that we (Prop 8 opponents, both gay and straight) were "spreading AIDS." But everyone maintained their dignity and composure. Rainbow flags and a proliferation of piercings notwithstanding, we looked like the mainstream and he looked like the fringe.
I went to the event in Hartford, Connecticut, where about 100 people showed up (fewer than expected, perhaps, but dissatisfaction with Prop 8 has been overshadowed in our state by satisfaction with Connecticut's recent embrace of marriage equality), including a number of clergy as well as infamous Connecticut counter-protester Zeqir "Ziggy" Berisha, who at first didn't seem to know what the protest was all about, but once informed by passersby, announced in barely comprehensible English that we (Prop 8 opponents, both gay and straight) were "spreading AIDS." But everyone maintained their dignity and composure. Rainbow flags and a proliferation of piercings notwithstanding, we looked like the mainstream and he looked like the fringe.
posted by hellisotherpeople at 5:45 PM
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