Gay marriage ban rally
Groups who support adding a gay marriage ban to the state constitution -- or, more precisely, want to define marriage as one man and one woman: plural marriages and barnyard nuptials would be banned as well -- rallied behind the legislative building today.
North Carolina already has a law that defines marriages as one-man-and-one-woman, but that definition is not constitutional. Folks who are concerned about this worry that a judge could overturn state law.
Temperatures are cold today and there's snow on the ground, so it's not a surprise that there appears to be fewer people here today than when the same groups rallied two years ago. Still, it's a sizable crowd - WRAL's estimate of more than 1,000 may be low-ish, but I didn't get up on the roof and count heads.
But for all the sound and fury, I don't think the political situation has changed much from last week (or last year).
Still, it does look like at least a few protesters have gotten the message that it is the legislative leadership standing in their way:
I just liked this picture:
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so it's not a surprise that there appears to be fewer people here today than when the same groups rallied two years ago. Still, it's a sizable crowd - WRAL's estimate of more than 1,000 may be low-ish, but I didn't get up on the roof and count heads. * Mark
Of course it is the same old bunch! In fact it is the same bunch who think Russ Limbbrains runs the Republican Party and the economic collapse of western civilization was cause by Gay marriages after Obama was elected 4 months ago.
When they get 1 million folks out of work to their rallies, than one will know they are real players in this game of phony revolutions with conservative Republicans.
Posted on March 3, 2009 2:36 PM
Oops! I forgot! Next week I am holding a rally behind the legislative building where the nature of the protest will be whether to banished the Nude Republican Party to Iraq for a 100 hundred years or until the economic system in the United States returns to a Gold and Silver standard backing it's worthless paper currency system by the Obama stilumus package.
I expect no more than 2 concern citizens to attend this massive protest. Either way, nothing will happen as political usual.
Posted on March 3, 2009 2:49 PM