Thousands Gather in Atlanta, Twice
Sunday, November 16th, 2008By Monica F. Helms
The power of the internet has come to age and the LGBT Movement is benefiting. This cannot be move evident then what happened on November 15, 2008. All across the country, at the exact same moment in time, LGBT people gather at capital buildings, city halls, town halls and many other places, to protest the passage of Proposition 8, the amendment to the California state constitution banning same-sex marriage. The back of the camel broke when the passage of Prop 8 became the last straw.
I will repeat what the LGBT community has been saying for the last two weeks, but it bears repeating. On November 4, 2008, at 10 PM EST, 7PM PST, the poles closed in California, Oregon and Washington, and a minute later, all the news organizations declared Barack Obama our next President. Here is a man who we know as the most progressive thinker and supporter of LGBT rights this country has ever had. He will make history by becoming America’s first African American President. The celebration in the country from all corners of the progressive communities, including the LGBT community, could not have been any louder.