Saturday, November 15, 2008
2008 And then there were these people...
Posted by Kelly O on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 9:29 PM
I almost got hit the head with a Bible today in downtown Seattle. WEIRD.
More photos after the jump...
2008 From the D.C. Protest
Posted by Eli Sanders on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 9:15 PM
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2008 Today's March in Seattle
Posted by Dan Savage on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 7:04 PM
Video by Slog tipper Keith.
2008 From the Oklahoma City Protest
Posted by Eli Sanders on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 6:45 PM
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Homo / 2008 Husband and Wife vs Spouse
Posted by Jonathan Golob on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 6:44 PM
Why are so many voters opposed to same sex marriage, while generally in favor of granting same-sex couples all the rights inherent to marriage?
Richard Thompson Ford, over at Slate, makes a fairly compelling argument: It's all about the desire to have someone at home cooking you dinner and cleaning up the house on the part of elderly and conservative voters.
After all, traditional marriage isn't just analogous to sex discrimination—it is sex discrimination: Only men may marry women, and only women may marry men. Same-sex marriage would transform an institution that currently defines two distinctive sex roles—husband and wife—by replacing those different halves with one sex-neutral role—spouse. Sure, we could call two married men "husbands" and two married women "wives," but the specific role for each sex that now defines marriage would be lost. Widespread opposition to same-sex marriage might reflect a desire to hang on to these distinctive sex roles rather than vicious anti-gay bigotry.
(For the record, I cook, do laundry and clean up for my girlfriend already. If I depended upon her to do so—fulfilling traditional gender roles—I would be hungry, naked and living in filth.)
2008 From the Buffalo, NY, Protest
Posted by Eli Sanders on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 6:43 PM
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2008 Wanda Sykes Comes Out
Posted by Dan Savage on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 6:42 PM
Comedian Wanda Sykes outed herself at the anti-Prop 8 rally in Las Vegas today.
"You know, I don't really talk about my sexual orientation. I didn't feel like I had to. I was just living my life, not necessarily in the closet, but I was living my life," Sykes told a crowd at a gay rights rally in Las Vegas on Saturday. "Everybody that knows me personally they know I'm gay. But that's the way people should be able to live their lives."
Sykes, who is known for her feisty and blunt style, said the passage of California's Proposition 8 made her feel like she was "attacked."
"Now, I gotta get in their face," she said. "I'm proud to be a woman. I'm proud to be a black woman, and I'm proud to be gay."
Now is the time for all of us to get in their faces. Good on you, Wanda.
2008 From the St. Paul, MN, Protest
Posted by Eli Sanders on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 5:31 PM
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2008 What I Wish I'd Said on Larry King Last Night
Posted by Dan Savage on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 5:30 PM
Well, amongst other things: When political attacks are launched from churches, political responses will be delivered to churches. If goddamned McDonald's had organized and paid for Prop 8, we'd be marching on goddamned McDonald's.
2008 From the East Lansing, Michigan, Protest
Posted by Dan Savage on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 5:10 PM
"It's freezing cold here," my friend Alice writes. "We all agreed that, in the future, Californians should have the courtesy to be nationally-notable bigots only in the summer months."
2008 From the Philadelphia Protest
Posted by Eli Sanders on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 5:10 PM
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2008 From the Vancouver, B.C. Protest
Posted by Eli Sanders on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 5:04 PM
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2008 The Seattle Masses
Posted by Eli Sanders on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 4:50 PM
I don't know exactly how massive they were. The police told Dominic that there were about 6,000 marchers. It seemed larger than that to me, but I was in the middle of it for most of the time so maybe my perspective was warped. In any case, here's what I saw, crowd-wise, starting with the absolutely packed amphitheater lawn at Volunteer Park...
...from which people marched past the reservoir and out into the streets...
...down Broadway, down Pine, over Interstate 5...
...and toward Westlake Plaza...
...where it was nothing but people, people everywhere:
2008 From the Chicago Protest
Posted by Eli Sanders on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 4:28 PM
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2008 From the Los Angeles Protest
Posted by Eli Sanders on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 4:25 PM
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2008 Seattle in Signs
Posted by Eli Sanders on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 4:20 PM
They were, of course, everywhere:
A typical assortment:
Two that I really loved:
One that seemed to anticipate the guys who would end up directly in front of it:
And one that was hard to argue with:
2008 Re: The Naked Lady Saluting the Seattle Marchers
Posted by Eli Sanders on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 4:08 PM
Best I could do while walking:
2008 From the NYC Protest
Posted by Eli Sanders on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 4:02 PM
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2008 From the San Jose Protest
Posted by Eli Sanders on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 4:00 PM
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2008 From the Minneapolis Protest
Posted by Eli Sanders on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 3:59 PM
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2008 From the San Francisco Protest
Posted by Eli Sanders on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 3:47 PM
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2008 From the Pittsburgh Protest
Posted by Eli Sanders on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 3:45 PM
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City / Homo / Politics Phone Call from Dominic Holden
Posted by Christopher Frizzelle on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 2:47 PM
"The crowd has dissipated a little bit. I went and talked to the commanding lieutenant Sean O'Donnel. He and other officers were trying to figure out how to open up Fifth Avenue and open up Pine Street again—they're blocked with people. They estimate the crowd at 6,000, but it's hard to say how accurate that is based on everyone who came and went during the march. O'Donnel said, 'The crowd has been very polite and cooperative.' And then he turned to another officer and said, 'We've got to figure out a way to open up Fifth Avenue.' There are still thousands of people here. A lot of them have headed into the Westlake Mall food court, where every table is full. It looks like the Broadway Grill on steroids."
City / Homo / Politics Text Message from Lindy West
Posted by Christopher Frizzelle on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 2:44 PM
"There's a woman passing out IMPEACH BUSH stickers. Timely, ma'am."
Homo / City / Politics More Prop 8 Protest Photos
Posted by Anthony Hecht on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 2:37 PM
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