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randy_byers) wrote2008-11-16 08:17 am
randy_byers) wrote2008-11-16 08:17 am
Anti-Prop 8 protest in Seattle
Some good photos of yesterday's protest at the ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
seattle community. carl and his friend, Scott, were there and said it looked like about five thousand people. Sounds about right, since the cops estimate three thousand. Good signs spotted:
JESUS HAD 2 DADDIES
GAY MARRIAGE IS PRO-FAMILY
LEGALIZE LOVE
DON'T BE AN ASSHOLE
carl also said that the joke going around was that you could tell people were fired up because they were willing to skip brunch to protest.
Update: Forgot to mention the other Seattle connection to the day of protest, which is that it was at least partly enabled and coordinated via the website Join the Impact, which was created here by “search-engine-optimizer by day, activist by night,” Amy Balliett.
Monday Update: More great pictures at the Slog give a sense of the size of the crowd.
seattle community. carl and his friend, Scott, were there and said it looked like about five thousand people. Sounds about right, since the cops estimate three thousand. Good signs spotted:JESUS HAD 2 DADDIES
GAY MARRIAGE IS PRO-FAMILY
LEGALIZE LOVE
DON'T BE AN ASSHOLE
carl also said that the joke going around was that you could tell people were fired up because they were willing to skip brunch to protest.
Update: Forgot to mention the other Seattle connection to the day of protest, which is that it was at least partly enabled and coordinated via the website Join the Impact, which was created here by “search-engine-optimizer by day, activist by night,” Amy Balliett.
Monday Update: More great pictures at the Slog give a sense of the size of the crowd.