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Rally Against Prop 8 in Cambridge

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Election Day was bittersweet for LGBT Americans across the country. Barack Obama’s victory filled me with hope, while the passage of anti-gay amendments in three states left me feeling dejected. California’s vote to ban same-sex marriage is especially disturbing. Gay couples in that state have been able to marry since June. The equality ended on Election Day.

Thousands of people are taking to the streets to protest the discriminatory amendment. There was a candlelight vigil in San Francisco on Wednesday. Thursday saw rallies in Los Angeles. Friday brought huge marches in San Francisco, Long Beach, Palm Springs, and Salt Lake City. These protests are making national news: CNN, New York Times, and even our very own Boston Globe. Let’s keep this in the national spotlight by showing that people across the country are protesting against discrimination.

Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people, along with our straight allies, must come together across the country and stand up for civil rights. Please join us at this protest against Prop 8.

Sunday, Nov. 9

12:00pm – 3:00pm

Central Square

Cambridge, MA

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  1. Any other BMGers going?

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    p>I’m pissed that Prop. 8 passed, but I love the activism and passion that has exploded nationally because of it.  Let’s keep this momentum going!

  2. Does it make sense to anyone else to lobby hard when a Supreme Court seat opens, or even lower federal seat?  I’ve thought for awhile that these laws violate the 14th amendment, and as such are unconstitutional.  However, we need the right people on the Court to say so.  I realize Obama himself doesn’t go as far on this issue as some would like, but I think the kind of judge he might appoint could lean this direction.

    • I suspect it will be a long time before the balance on the Supreme Court changes. Kennedy (72) is now the swing vote. Kennedy likes international precedents but he is

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      p>Roberts and Alito are young; Scalia (72) and Thomas (60) aren’t old. It’ll be a while before the balance of the Court is restored even to centrist, and longer still until it is barely liberal.

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      p>The four hard right justices (Roberts, Alito, Scalia, and Thomas) will not, in a million years, regard this favorably from a fourteenth amendment point of view, because, well, in 1866 when it was proposed, the drafters didn’t mean to support marriage equality with it. That’s just how those guys think. No penumbras or emanations for them.

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