By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO, Washington Blade
Nov 15 2008, 4:09 PM |
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What looked like tens of thousands (it's impossible to know for sure) turned out today for the D.C. version of the Join the Impact protest in which gays and their allies voiced disdain for Proposition 8, a California ballot initiative that passed last week outlawing same-sex marriage there.-IMG-
Marchers met at 1:30 p.m. today at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and marched down the National Mall, past the Washington Memorial and to the White House. The length of the marchers appeared to be at least a few miles long. Many carried signs equating Prop. 8 with hate using the numeral 8 with an "h" in front of it to spell "hate" (i.e. H8). Call-and-response chants were heard in several variations.
Intermittent rain — at one point torrential — didn't appear to deter anyone.
Check back to this site later today and throughout the week for more updates on the protest. That's local organizer Kellan Baker in the thumbnail for this story.
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