Tomorrow's rally:
Los Angeles
12:00pm - 3:00pm
Los Angeles Catholic Cathedral
555 W. Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA
-J.GUAVA
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Tomorrow's rally: Los Angeles 12:00pm - 3:00pm Los Angeles Catholic Cathedral 555 W. Temple Street Los Angeles, CA -J.GUAVA
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For a comprehensive list of No on Prop 8 rallies, click here. Please join us tonight in Long Beach as well as the march in Los Angeles on Saturday. -J.GUAVA 1 comments: allanrbrts said... Guys there is a great LGBT civil rights organization called the Empowering Spirits Foundation. They are very creative in how they approach this hot topic issue of gay marriage, in that they engage in service oriented activities in communities typically opposed to equal rights to foster thought and change for LGBT equality. A friend of mine told me about it and I thought it was a great, positive approach to the issue. We had so much fun at the last event and it was great to give back to the community. Plus it was great to converse with others on the other side of the table in a way that wasn't confrontational. Anyway, this can be such a heated issue and I thought this was a unique approach. March 7, 2009 10:54 PM Saturday Night Live gives us an informative yet quirky take on giraffes. 'Survival of the fittest' undermines the evolutionary progress of giraffes.
-J.GUAVA Protesters rumble the streets of Los Angeles and San Francisco while six same-sex couples protested the passing of Propisition 8 by taking the issue to the California Supreme Court. It is said the elections on November 4th proved to be two steps forward for the whole nation, perhaps world, but one step backwards for California. The next rally is this Saturday near the 101 freeway. Historically, the struggle for civil rights has never been won in just one election. Though California is quick to deny a minority group's right to marriage even after recently passing the May 2008 resolution, individuals opposing Prop 8 are not quick to stay silent. Meanwhile, an online petition is starting. -J.GUAVA Just in case ya'll have missed the last year of US politics. This pretty much sums up the conflicts and sentiments of this presidential election. Now, time to wait until December for the electoral college.
-J.GUAVA Concerned students, faculty, and staff rocked the CSULB campus in opposition to the Conservative Student Union's (CSU) "Yes on Prop 8" rally. It seemed a quiet morning last Wednesday until the Friendship Walk was swarmed by a stampede of people in strong opposition to Prop 8. Brother Jed, sponsored by the CSU, led the debate in agreement with the proposition. However, the CSU was outnumbered both in quantity and quality--megaphones filled the air with an intense hollering of "No on Hate," as well as the consolidated presence of anti prop 8 individuals from Women's Studies Student Association (WSSA), F.O.R.C.E., La Raza, and Campus Progressives.
It is unusual for multinational companies to take a public, political stance against anything. Fortunately, Apple and Google each have voiced their concerns. The former went so far as to donate $100,000 to the No on Prop 8 Campaign. Google on the other, states "While we respect the strongly-held beliefs that people have on both sides of this argument, we see this fundamentally as an issue of equality. We hope that California voters will vote no on Proposition 8 -- we should not eliminate anyone's fundamental rights, whatever their sexuality, to marry the person they love." Personally, I believe the Prop 8 initiative is fundamentally misguided and a harsh reminder of institutionalized segregation in the initial 200+ years since the creation of this nation. Taking away equal opportunity and equalized judgment under the law would further segment the incredibly diverse population. Though the very progressive cities of California are against Prop 8, there is still a wide, conservative array of suburban/rural areas in Cali. Drive down any suburban neighborhood and you are bound to see those 'enlightening' "Yes on Prop 8" signs. Whatever your decision, please keep in mind the struggle behind equalizing populations of color, sexual orientation, gender, and religion. Though this nation is not entirely unified, the amount of energy and time dedicated to preserving one's own civil liberties is more significant than any spontaneous initiative.
-J.GUAVA 1 comments: warrenismad said... When people like me said we will cut up our cards and avoid American vehicle purchases-we meant it-ASK COORS-we have double incomes-our houses are likely paid for and we are BRAND LOYAL-wall st once described the Gay community as a 'dream market' because we are so targetable....it's a double edged sword-we can target back-yeday I told the Saturn of Elk Grove you are in or out-they wanna be germans who never see concentration camps-so our next car is a Subaru.....I predict a slowdown of biblical proportions if we don't get our way. Warren Sanford No on H8 Sacramento October 24, 2008 2:54 PM Check out the latest news on the race for presidency here: US election polltracker Keep your cool, folks. Though it may seem like a giant soap opera, this next national election is a picking of two of the same peapod. A member of De La Soul stated in an interview (heavily paraphrased), "Some think Obama is a Black Jesus. I think he's a Black Caesar." So, how 'bout McCain? Brutus?
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