Dozens Of Protests Opposing Prop 8 Scheduled Nationwide
The Issue: California voters approved Proposition 8, a ban on the marriage between homosexuals during the November 4, 2008 Election. Since the passage of Prop 8, the opposition community has been in an uproar. Saturday November 15, 2008 has been chosen as a nationwide day of action with protests in dozens of cities.
Below is a video of a protest that occurred at the Mormon Temple in Oakland California last Sunday (November 9, 2008)
The group doesn’t seem to energized, but there are more protests organized nationwide.
A website has been created at www.keepfightingprop8.com in an effort to organize an opposition to the recently passed proposition.
The website is calling upon citizens from around the United States to organize and attend rallies at the City Hall of major cities throughout the country. All of the rallies are going to start at 10:30am PST/1:30pm EST on Saturday at their various locations Below is a list of cities scheduled to have rallies from Join the Impact.
Read my post on the effectiveness of civil disobedience.
Proposed Rallies for Saturday, November 15:
- Alabama – Birmingham | Mobile | Dothan
- Alaska – Sullivan Arena | Fairbanks City Hall
- Arizona – Phoenix
- Arkansas – Little Rock
- California – San Diego | Los Angeles | Bakersfield | Sacramento | San Francisco | San Jose | Moreno Valley
- Colorado – Denver
- Connecticut – Hartford
- Delaware – Dover
- Washington D.C.
- Florida – Jacksonville | Miami | Orlando
- Georgia – Atlanta
- Hawaii – Honolulu
- Idaho – Boise
- Illinois – Chicago
- Indiana – Indianapolis
- Iowa – Des Moines | Iowa City
- Kansas – Kansas City | Wichita
- Kentucky – Louisville | Lexington
- Louisiana – New Orleans
- Maine – Portland
- Maryland – Baltimore
- Massachusetts – Boston | Northampton
- Michigan – Detroit
- Minnesota – Minneapolis/St. Paul
- Mississippi – Jackson
- Missouri – Kansas City | St. Louis
- Montana – Billings | Missoula
- Nebraska – Omaha
- Nevada – Las Vegas | Reno
- New Hampshire – Manchester
- New Jersey – Newark
- New Mexico – Albuquerque
- New York – Syracuse | Albany | New York City
- North Carolina – Charlotte | Raleigh
- North Dakota – Grand Forks
- Ohio – Cleveland | Columbus | Cincinnati
- Oklahoma – Oklahoma City
- Oregon – Eugene | Portland
- Pennsylvania – Philadelphia | Pittsburgh
- Rhode Island – Providence
- South Carolina – Charleston
- South Dakota – Sioux Falls | Rapid City
- Tennessee – Memphis | Nashville
- Texas – Houston | Austin | Dallas
- Utah – Salt Lake City
- Vermont – Montpelier | Burlington
- Virginia – Richmond
- Washington – Spokane | Seattle
- West Virginia – Charleston
- Wisconsin – Milwaukee
- Wyoming – Cody | Laramie
Simply put – the Mormons have proved with their complete obsession with PROP 8 to be a Tax-Exempt Hate Group.
Heterosexuals – You better wake up. Instead of pondering a cerebral concept like how gays want the “1,138 rights of marriage”, you need to educate yourselves about the CONSEQUENCES when one or more of those 1,138 rights are denied. GOOGLE “Freeheld” or “Tying the Knot”; watch the DVDs. Write it down now.
Your laws HATE us, and we’ve had it! Yes, I did said HATE – I stand by it. Because how else can you explain these 3 realities?:
A police woman loses her life in the line of duty; her wife of 13 years is denied all pension benefits.
A rancher loses his husband of 22 years; his inlaws evict him and try to take the home he built and lived in with his beloved.
A detective spends 25 years risking her own life while protecting society; she has to spend her remaining days on this earth worrying whether her earned pension will be transferred to her wife (while living with terminal cancer).
YES, H-A-T-E. And your silence on this matter is a serious affront to our families’s safety and security. FAMILY – isn’t that a cherished concept in the U.S.A.?
So now after decades of disinterest, some of us in the LGBTI community have AWAKENED. And we will refuse to pay one penny of income tax to the IRS until the government (i.e. – you) decide you WANT our tax dollars as EQUAL CITIZENS.
This ain’t a vote.
This ain’t a debate.
This ain’t a popularity contest.
You will PAY OUR TAXES until we have what your family ALREADY HAS; your apathy is costing you money as you read this.
GAY TAX PROTEST!