Like millions of others across the nation, I attended one of today's marriage equality rallies. Since I was in L.A. last night anyways to support an aspiring-actor friend of mine at a red carpet event (and indulge in the gratitude he showed by buying us expensive "bottle service" afterwards), I figured I'd just stay overnight and attend the rally at L.A. city hall. It was really a great event, with thousands of both gays and straights united for a common cause. Furthermore, everyone was positive, friendly, and a much better and more accurate representation of our community than some others had been at earlier rallies.
Of course, there were counterprotestors there as well, holding up their usual gigantic banners with the typical statements such as "God Hates Fags" and "Homo Sex Is Sin." However, they were for the most part ignored, and a few of us did our part by steering people away from them and towards the main event so there wouldn't be any more embarrassing incidents. Not to mention the fact that they all had a massive ring of LAPD officers protecting them them on all sides, with about 30 additional officers on the steps above who were standing by just in case.
However, I did notice another counterprotestor at the rally apart from the main group, an elderly African-American woman. Believe it or not, I'm actually glad she decided to show up. She was serenading the crowds with classic Christian hyms and didn't seem to be quite "all there" mentally (surprise).
Nonetheless, I could not have been happier with the shirt this woman chose to wear to the rally. The shirt had a picture of president-elect Barack Obama, and above the messiah's charming face, was a direct quote he made during the campaign stating very plainly that he did NOT support same-sex marriage.
He certainly isn't my "messiah" as I already have the real one anyways ;)
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