Join the Impact Protest [Phoenix, AZ]; Nov. 15th, 2008

This was a nationwide protest which was sponsored by Join the Impact and held on Saturday, November 15th, 2008. The nationwide protest was formed to combat propositions 2 (Florida), 8 (California), 102 (Arizona) and the anti-gay adoption bill in Arkansas.

This particular protest was held at Phoenix City Hall for most of the morning and then we all marched to the Arizona State Capital.

Gay marriage is a civil rights issue, not a religion issue. Proposition 8 took away an existing rights from the GLBT community in California. It is totally wrong and unconstitutional to take away existing rights from a group of people.

Proposition 102 was put on the ballot in Arizona by the unethical actions of the republicans in the state senate. It is totally disgusting on what the republicans did. They forever tarnished the image of the Arizona State Senate.

Here is Join the Impact website: http://jointheimpact.wetpaint.com/

Here is a YouTube video showing what had happened in the AZ Senate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YATXI0sOGKk

You can clearly hear couple of the senators saying "Point to Order, Point to Order" in the video. You can see that some of the senators break their own rules in order to put 102 on the ballot. That right there is very unethical.

You can view the same photos in high quality on my Flickr's page at: http://flickr.com/photos/rd76pag/sets/72157603555487581/

Music Credit: Speed Or Armour (The Los Dos Bros); I added the music via the AudioSwap feature that YouTube provides.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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