Come Together

There was a nation-wide protest against Prop 8 Saturday It impressed me that people came together in cities all across America to protest the initiative that takes away the right of same-sex couples to marry. I went to San Francisco's rally.



Signs were waved, speeches were spoken, chants were chanted and an unauthorized march wound it's way throughout the city. I didn't participate in the march, having gotten the spontaneous marching thing last week, but I wish I had. The march last week was from City Hall to the Castro - friendly territory:



The march Saturday hit the less gay areas of the City. Reports from folks who did go marching say it went along Market toward the Castro, but was unexplainedly turned around before getting there. A smaller group had left the rally earlier, and it seems that the SFPD tried to marshal the two groups into one. I'm told the two groups wound up coming together in Union Square, from which they marched through Chinatown, to Fisherman's Wharf (those tourists will have some awesome San Francisco photo-memories!), along the piers, to the Embarcadero, and back along Market. Everyone I've talked to left the march then, around 7 hours after the rally began, but I've read reports saying it went on for quite a while longer.

Aside from one accidental honking on the head of a bystander with a sign, I've heard of no scuffles or issues related to the march. It was a peaceful expression of solidarity and outrage, and definitely shows that this fight is far from over.

A last image from the rally that really made me happy:





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