Obscanity: You'll know it when you see it

Catholics, Mormons defend backing same-sex marriage ban – CNN.com.

I don’t know how these people can POSSIBLY argue that this initiative “is not against any group.” Are you kidding me? This entire campaign was about “protecting” children from big bad scary gay people. It was an absolute SCAM, and completely illegal as far as Constitutional revisions go. It eliminates the concept of equal protection under the law, and removes the ability of the Court to protect minority groups against the tyranny of the masses. That goes to the very core of our Constitution.

In any event, the number counts are totally off on the rallies. The one Wednesday night was about 8,000-10,000 people – gay AND straight. I was there. I saw it. I marched. And it was fucking amazing.

Thursday’s protest was also much, much larger than the media and police are willing to report. I was not there but I know many who were. The news was initially reporting about 3,000-5,000, which probably means it was much higher than that. The sheriff then downgraded it to 1,000 even as the crowd was growing. This is typical of protests – they try to lessen the public perception of these inspirational images by pretending that nobody actually showed up. But they were there. Thousands of them. And generally speaking, despite the actions of a few individuals (including anti-gay counter-protesters who bloodied at least two protesters), it was a peaceful rally. Same with Wednesday night – I was shocked and appalled when I turned on the news and all they were showing was the one or two individuals who got out of hand and were promptly arrested. Even as the voiceover announcers explained that this was a peaceful protests and these incidents were anomalies, they still focused on the images of the arrests.

The bottom line, though? What are you are seeing in these marches is not *just* the gay community. It is not *all* of the gay community. This is, to a great extent, the *youth* of this city, the new generation, gay and straight and bi and queer and trans and religious and secular and black and Latino and white and Asian and Indian and Middle Eastern and Native American and Jewish and everybody else – the youth who are PISSED OFF that they will now inherit a California full of hatred and ignorance and inequality under the law, instead of the California they deserve, a California full of progress and hope.

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