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15 Nov 2008 07:21 pm
The View From Your Protest: San Diego
A reader writes:
A few months ago on the day that marriages started in California, my
boyfriend and I went down to the San Diego County Administration
Building to see couples commit themselves to one another. It was one of
our proudest days. And again today, we marched from Hillcrest, San
Diego's predominantly gay neighborhood downtown, past city hall and the
Hall of Justice to the County Building where San Diegans exercised
their equal right to marry until just days ago. I walked right by the
arbor where my sister married her wife. Passing by the spot it struck
me that she couldn't do that anymore.
On the route, people in blocked traffic honked and got out of their
cars to wave or offer a thumbs up. Very few negative reactions, just a
whole lot of love. Organizers say at least 15,000 San Diegans marched
today. Meanwhile, following the march our new openly gay councilman
announced that San Diego is looking to join San Francisco's lawsuit
against Prop. 8. Bring it on.
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