what does a family look like?
"THIS IS WHAT A FAMILY LOOKS LIKE!!!" what do we want? "EQUALITY!" when do we want it? "NOW!"
and those were the rally cries at the march in Austin today. I, along with a willing partner, drove (really i slept about an hour each way- so i'm not complaining) down to Austin at the ass-crack of dawn to participate in the LGRL http://www.lgrl.org/home/ march for family equality. i was surprised to see how many people came out (<-- ha ha, funny straight pun!) to support gay and lesbian families. fyi- there are 2 (not 1 but 2) proposed ammendments to the state constitution to keep marraige between a man and a woman- when will we learn that exclusionary policies don't have a place in our government or in our constitution?!? at any rate, there were several people from dallas- i found the president of the Dallas County Young Democrats there. there were people marching from Houston and Lubbock was the most distant that i saw. it was moving. it was rewarding. it was democracy in its purest form, people showing symbolic support in solidarity and i, in true meredith fashion- made t-shirts! that's right, for only the asking you too can have a t-shirt of your own that say 'straight but NOT narrow' complete with pink triangle.
we had an amazing time! i'm so glad i took the opportunity to go.
activism completes me. i've got to run for office- seeing this, participating in this- makes me comfortable in my own skin. this is the change i wish to see- this is the change i am apart of...
i'll try to get some pictures up later- democracy and an upcoming conference all next week makes me sleepy!
IN SOLIDARITY- mMm
and those were the rally cries at the march in Austin today. I, along with a willing partner, drove (really i slept about an hour each way- so i'm not complaining) down to Austin at the ass-crack of dawn to participate in the LGRL http://www.lgrl.org/home/ march for family equality. i was surprised to see how many people came out (<-- ha ha, funny straight pun!) to support gay and lesbian families. fyi- there are 2 (not 1 but 2) proposed ammendments to the state constitution to keep marraige between a man and a woman- when will we learn that exclusionary policies don't have a place in our government or in our constitution?!? at any rate, there were several people from dallas- i found the president of the Dallas County Young Democrats there. there were people marching from Houston and Lubbock was the most distant that i saw. it was moving. it was rewarding. it was democracy in its purest form, people showing symbolic support in solidarity and i, in true meredith fashion- made t-shirts! that's right, for only the asking you too can have a t-shirt of your own that say 'straight but NOT narrow' complete with pink triangle.
we had an amazing time! i'm so glad i took the opportunity to go.
activism completes me. i've got to run for office- seeing this, participating in this- makes me comfortable in my own skin. this is the change i wish to see- this is the change i am apart of...
i'll try to get some pictures up later- democracy and an upcoming conference all next week makes me sleepy!
IN SOLIDARITY- mMm
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