(11 am. – promoted by ek hornbeck)
Since the passage of Prop 8 on Tuesday, thousands of people have been protesting in California every single day of the week.
Here are my photos from protests around the Los Angeles area…
DAY ONE: WEST HOLLYWOOD
Authorities say seven people were arrested in a sprawling, hours-long protest against the likely defeat of California’s gay marriage ban that blocked several Los Angeles-area streets.
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DAY TWO: WESTWOOD, MORMON TEMPLE
“Prop 8 rally wreaks Westwood traffic havoc”
Demonstrators took aim at the massive Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Westwood. Protest organizers allege that the Mormon church supplied more than $15 million to help get Prop 8 passed in California.
– KABC
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DAY THREE: LONG BEACH
More than 2,000 demonstrators marched through Long Beach on Friday night, protesting the passage of Proposition 8, the ban on same-sex marriage in California. Fifteen people were arrested.
– LA Times
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DAY FOUR: SUNSET JUNCTION
More than 20,000 protesters spilled into the streets of Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento and even Modesto on Saturday in mostly peaceful demonstrations over passage of Proposition 8, the statewide ballot measure that bans same-sex marriage.
– LA Times
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DAY FIVE: DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
Protesters against Proposition 8 marched on California streets for fifth straight day.
Backlash to the passage of an anti-gay-marriage law continued to sweep across California on Sunday.
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YET TO COME
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Rally at 1pm.
Corner of Haven and Foothill.
Redlands, CA
4:00pm – 6:00pm
In front of the Redlands Mormon Temple
1761 Fifth Avenue
Santa Monica, CA
5:00 pm
321 Santa Monica Pier
Fresno, CA
5 pm at Fink-White Playground
Amador St and B St
San Francisco, CA
Time: 5:00pm – 10:00pm
San Francisco City Hall
1 Dr Carton B Goodlett Pl
San Diego, CA
5:00pm – 10:00pm
Mormon Temple
7474 Charmant Drive
Los Angeles, CA
6:00pm
La Cienega Blvd and Centinela Ave
Saint Paul, MN
3:00pm
State Capitol (Meet on Old Main Lawn)
National Protest – Nov. 15. Check the link to see if your city is being represented.
Visibility.
Visibility.
Visibility.
We can’t fight if we’re invisible. The more people that come to these rallies, the more press we get, the more people we draw next time. Let’s make this happen.
See you all on Nov. 15th? (and plenty of you in the meantime!)
(cross-posted at dkos)
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what with everything going on. On the bright side, I’ve clocked in between 15 and 20 hours of shouting and marching. So that’s gotta count for something? 🙂
How else can I help? I can’t leave the bedside of my mom, who is 87. Otherwise, I’d already have been there at the protests. If Mom could march, we’d both have been there!
last night on KO he showed videos of the protests. He said that the ACLU was filing to contest this and that their case looked good. Do you know id this is true? What do you feel are the chances of getting this knocked off as unconstitutional?
And we just decriminalized cannabis in small amounts. There’s plenty of housing available and we can always use more intelligent, creative people.
Great seafood, too. 😉
Like the song says – ain’t no time to eight. ;-);-);-)