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Thousands of Atlantans Show Up To Support Gay Equality
By Edward Matthews
Publisher
OUT Atlanta 411
Thousands of gay rights supporters lined
Atlanta city streets on Saturday to protest
California's recent Proposition 8 vote against
gay marriage, which was apart of an
organized nationwide protest for marriage
equality.
The Atlanta protest began at the Georgia
Capital with thousands demanding equality
for gays, and ended on the sidewalks
surrounding the intersection of 10th and
Piedmont in Midtown. Plunging temperatures
couldn't keep the large crowds from gathering
and protesting for equal rights.
Signs reading, "Gay is the new Black", "We're Here, We're Queer, We're American", "Same Taxes, Same Rights",
"Erase H8", were among the hundreds that could be seen by onlookers. The crowds erupted in cheers as passer
by's honked their horns in a show of support.
AJC.com quotes, “We support marriage equality,” said Carlton Eden, who attended the Atlanta rally with his wife,
Claire, and three daughters. “We believe everyone should be able to marry."
Connecticut, which began same-sex weddings this past week, and Massachusetts are the only two states that
currently allow gay marriage. The 30 states where gay marriage has appeared on the ballot have all enacted bans.
Join the Impact organized Saturday’s demonstrations. Thanks to the grassroots efforts of the upstart, Seattle-based
activist organizer Amy Balliett and several internet networking sites and companies, within days of Prop. 8’s hateful
passage, Join the Impact was born. And on Saturday, activists and citizens’ concerned with civil rights for all, took to
the streets en masse, gay, straight and otherwise. The truly monumental event promises to be just the beginning in
the next phase of the battle for marriage rights.
"Last week, some felt angry. Last week, some felt defeated. Last week, some felt hopeless. Today we have shown
the world that we will not be victims anymore," the organization says.
Click here for more photos.
Publisher
OUT Atlanta 411
Thousands of gay rights supporters lined
Atlanta city streets on Saturday to protest
California's recent Proposition 8 vote against
gay marriage, which was apart of an
organized nationwide protest for marriage
equality.
The Atlanta protest began at the Georgia
Capital with thousands demanding equality
for gays, and ended on the sidewalks
surrounding the intersection of 10th and
Piedmont in Midtown. Plunging temperatures
couldn't keep the large crowds from gathering
and protesting for equal rights.
Signs reading, "Gay is the new Black", "We're Here, We're Queer, We're American", "Same Taxes, Same Rights",
"Erase H8", were among the hundreds that could be seen by onlookers. The crowds erupted in cheers as passer
by's honked their horns in a show of support.
AJC.com quotes, “We support marriage equality,” said Carlton Eden, who attended the Atlanta rally with his wife,
Claire, and three daughters. “We believe everyone should be able to marry."
Connecticut, which began same-sex weddings this past week, and Massachusetts are the only two states that
currently allow gay marriage. The 30 states where gay marriage has appeared on the ballot have all enacted bans.
Join the Impact organized Saturday’s demonstrations. Thanks to the grassroots efforts of the upstart, Seattle-based
activist organizer Amy Balliett and several internet networking sites and companies, within days of Prop. 8’s hateful
passage, Join the Impact was born. And on Saturday, activists and citizens’ concerned with civil rights for all, took to
the streets en masse, gay, straight and otherwise. The truly monumental event promises to be just the beginning in
the next phase of the battle for marriage rights.
"Last week, some felt angry. Last week, some felt defeated. Last week, some felt hopeless. Today we have shown
the world that we will not be victims anymore," the organization says.
Click here for more photos.
Hundreds flock to Atlanta streets to protest Prop. 8 - Edward Matthews