From what it appears the nation wide protest against Proposition 8, has been a complete success. On the site http://www.jointheimpact.com/ it estimated up to 1million people joining in the protest. I'm not sure how accurate this estimate was, however I do know 40,000 people showed up at City Hall in California and that tens of thousands more in city's nation wide.
Maybe it was the largest planned protest in the nation, maybe the world? I'm not sure what the worlds largest protest was. But this certainly must be notable in history.
In my state of Vermont, the vigil was quite nice, from what I was told. Even though it was raining, the LGBT community of Vermont and straight allies summed up to Over a hundred people at the City Hall. I'd like to thank Vermont Freedom To Marry and others for setting things up at City Hall in Burlington and also thank them for their continued hard work to ensure equality for Vermonters and the United States itself.
Please take the time to visit the site and send a peaceful and informative email to Governor Douglas. You can find all the information you need on how to do this, on Vermont Freedom To Marry's website.
http://www.vtfreetomarry.org/
As I am told, protests will continue nation wide on the 10th of every month. I'm not sure what this will accomplish on such a large scale... I believe that the only way this issue can be solved is through the courts. Of course one nation wide protest was a good idea, but many? May be a bit to much. That's just my opinion, however a strong continuing protest can have a positive impact if it stays under control.
The Prop Yes Supporters may have won California but their win will be fleeting and they made us 50 times stronger than before. They probably just ensured that we get our rights faster then normal. So thanks Prop Yes Supporters you made us stronger, and we will fight the hate you helped to spread, and we will fight it with every fiber of our beings.
We have an endless power, the human will for equality.
FIGHT THE HATE!
~Celeste~
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Oh yeah, there were tons of people at my rally, even more 15 minutes down the road, and that's only two of 10 protests going on in CA.
I don't think my little republican city has had so many gay people XD it was awesome. I loved it, and got a tan because it was so damn hot outside.
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