There are moments in our lives when we can feel the shift in consciousness, the history in the making.
These are the moments right now. Feel them, let them seep in. The LGBT and allied community has an opportunity to show our unity, our strength. The Saturday after CA Supreme Court’s decision on Prop 8, there will be a mass demonstration, rally, march celebrating our diversity, our community, ourselves. This incredible rallying cry will come forth in Fresno, started by the thought of one person, Robin McGhee, to ‘meet in the middle’. The heart of Yes on 8. The heart of California, the heart of our community.
We will stand shoulder to shoulder, in all our differences, in all our commonality, and let the whole world know that we are no different than our straight allies, we love passionately, we work hard, we fiercely protect our families, and we want to leave the world a little better than the way we found it.
During the No on 8 campaign, one of my volunteers told me a beautiful story. Her family was living in Washington DC at the time that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, and her mother flew by herself to Atlanta to be ‘another white face in the crowd besides Bobby Kennedy.’ She was so moved by her mother’s story, that although she had no one close friends in her life who were queer, as a straight woman she felt it was part of her path to stand for equality. I was also extremely moved by a pair of my volunteers, Laurie Carter and David Vallerga, who would end their phone bank training session saying ‘this is Seneca Falls, this is Stonewall, this is the bridge to Selma….they’ll be making movies about this!’
Whatever you are doing the Saturday after the Court’s decision, even if it is Memorial Weekend, set aside your plans and join us at 1pm in front of City Hall in Fresno
www.meetinthemiddle4equality.com
Stand up for our right to marry the one that we love, STAND UP FOR YOURSELF, STAND FOR EQUALITY ‘This is Seneca Falls, This is Stonewall, This is the bridge to Stonewall’ ‘STAND with us, shoulder to shoulder, fist in the air!’
Tags: Fresno, lgbt, Meet in the Middle, Prop 8, Stonewall
