Prop 8 Anniversary Rally & March TONIGHT
We are stinging today from the crushing defeat suffered last night, when Maine became the 32nd state to reject marriage for gay and lesbian couples at the ballot box. This loss is as hard as any other that our community has had to endure, and reopens the wounds that we in California suffered one year ago when voters here approved Prop. 8.
We take heart from all the hard work performed by No on 1 campaign staff and volunteers, as well as from the other victories that LGBT folks achieved last night — including a win in Washington state, where voters approved Ref. 71, which will protect “everything but marriage” domestic partner benefits. Likewise, voters in Kalamazoo, Michigan overwhelmingly approved an ordinance banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and voters in many cities elected openly LGBT candidates for a number of offices, including several mayors.
But tonight, we will take to the streets in Los Angeles again, to both protest the negative result in Maine on marriage, and to mark the one-year anniversary of Prop 8′s passage.
TONIGHT: Where Were YOU When Equality Died?
Prop 8: One Year Later
A rally and march to protest the results of Maine’s marriage vote, and mark the one-year anniversary of Prop. 8.
According to the organizers, at the event “a New Orleans-style funeral, full of jazz and charisma, will lead us around the march route until we finish in front of “The Black Cat”/Le Bar Cito, where WE FOUGHT BACK against police raids even before Stonewall!”
Wednesday, Nov. 4
7 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Santa Monica Boulevard at Vermont Ave (Silver Lake)
In the wake of our defeat in Maine, we at Vote for Equality are continuing to do the hard work of having personal conversations with voters, telling our fellow Californians about the reality of our lives — so they won’t fall for the unkind, untrue defamatory stereotypes about gay people. We have to help voters realize the simple truth: that we are a lot like them; that we want to get married for the same reasons they do; that when we fall in love, we want to make a long-term, serious commitment to the person we love — that we want to create families, and enjoy life, liberty, and happiness.
Our next canvass is on Saturday, Nov. 14th from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. in East Los Angeles — an area where we have a lot of work to do to move more voters to be with us. We hope you can join us to continue to do the work it is going to take for us to be victorious at the ballot.
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East L.A. Canvass
Saturday, Nov. 14
10 a.m. – 3 pm.
Training Location:
Lorena Terrace Alegria School
611 S. Lorena St.
Los Angeles, CA 90038
