yesterday was the prop 8 protest in san francisco from civic center to dolores park.
it was completely beautiful. there was minimal violence, the sfpd was out, but they respected our right to protest.
and the news cam footage of mark and rich being chased down by the police had me in tears last night when i got home from the protest. it's just completely sick. i think it's great that the df came together to help out and support them to bail them out of jail. i think that what mark fought through should be inspiration for all of us.
anyway, the sf protest was completely inspiring - it was awesome just to go and see over a thousand people out there so passionate about the issue.
although, i can't help but feel slightly discouraged after seeing so many people out there supporting the cause (even though it was a small percentage of voters), and still know that it just wasn't enough.
maybe we didn't defeat proposition 8, but we certainly haven't lost. yeah, it's a let down - we thought that our state was more open minded than it has proven to be. but i think this election is proof that society (however discriminatory it can be) has the capacity to overcome barriers, whether racial, religious, personal....whatever.
society will always find a minority to oppress, no matter what.
the time will come when LGBTQI community is considered truly equal, and we just have to keep fighting for what we know is right until we get there.
- nee-sa
ps: the faint tonight! yee! one of the opening bands, natalie portman's shaved head, has proven to be pretty legit, based on their myspace page.
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Man, I wish I could have been there. According to Casey, there's a protest at the State Capital in Sac tonight; I wish I could go but I'm pretty sure I can't make it. :(
Plus, the SacPD are definitely not pro-gay in the slightest. But for now, I've hung rainbow flags in my house's front window and posted protests of Prop 8's passing all over school. I hope it does something, but it probably won't.
you can't think about it like that. if you don't do anything, how can you possibly expect to change anything?
don't feel discouraged :)
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