More than 100 Cities Fight Back Against H8

by Michael Jones · 2009-05-27 06:36:00 UTC
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Equal rights

Last night, more than 100 cities around the continent gathered in part to protest and in part to fight the hell back (as Harvey Milk might say...) against Proposition 8, the ballot measure that was upheld yesterday by the California State Supreme Court.  Marriage equality may have been denied in California yesterday (although let's not forget that we do have 18,000 same-sex couples whose marraiges will remain valid by the state), but the renewed energy and movement to push for equal rights has only just begun.

Yesterday, between 5,000-10,000 LGBT rights supporters gathered in San Diego.  People gathered in Anchorage and in Atlanta; from Joplin, Missouri to Ithaca, New York.  And more.  I was lucky enough to go to the Boston rally last night, were anywhere between 300-500 people showed up (it's hard to count when you're in the middle of a crowd).  After the jump are a few pictures from the event.  Speakers included Sue Hyde from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Massachusetts Rep. Carl Sciortino Jr., Paul Sousa from EqualRep.com (himself one of the organizers), and several others.  As one of the speakers last night said, and as we wrote about yesterday, we may have lost the court case yesterday, but we'll win the battle for marriage equality in the end.

Day of Decision

Sue Hyde (pink dot, middle of the picture) speaks before the Boston Day of Decision rally.

Day of Decision 2

Around 300-500 people attended the Boston Day of Decision rally.

Michael Jones is a Change.org Editor. He has worked in the field of human rights communications for a decade, most recently for Harvard Law School.
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