Reflections on the recent protests against Prop 8, the ballot initiative which took away equal marriage rights in California
"It was just a bunch of us, mostly young, spontaneously coming together. Some of the older crowd warned us to go back but we kept on going and dispersing in different directions,"
It was seeing my college office filled to capacity on a Friday evening that made me a believer. See, for anyone who knows anything about college, work and college student are words you do not associate together on a Friday evening. As I entered American University's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Ally Resource Center that Friday night however, I got a good whiff of marker smell and adrenaline. Before my very eyes were at least 12 or 15 very queer or very allied students making signs for what many of them would be their first protest.
"S8 Against H8"
"So When Do I Get To Vote On Your Marriage?"
I should start with why I was there on a Friday evening in the first place. I'll admit, I had my book club meeting the following week, and I really just wanted a quiet place to cuddle up and embrace my dorky side.
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