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Silent Witness @ Harrisburg Pride

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Uploaded by on Jul 31, 2007

On Saturday, July 28, 2007 Silent Witnesses of Central PA lines the gay pride parade route to provide a human barrier between participants and protesters with their rainbow umbrellas.

Silent Witnesses, composed of gay and straight citizens, uses silence rather than confrontation to combat protesters.

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  • Even though I don't support the gay lifestyle, I think the silent witnesses are great. Live and let live!

  • You guy do a GREAT job and are so calm.

    I can not have that much steadyness hearing some of the things said. You make me smile just seeing the umbrellas

  • The protester with the megaphone looks HAWT!

  • PrideFest in Harrisburg was today, and I swear I stopped every Silent Witness I saw. There were a small amount of protesters, and one of them stood right at the entrance screaming through a megaphone. The Silent Witnesses did a great job!!!

  • I was surprised that the protester was able to use a megaphone the whole time. Some areas have rules that require someone to have a permit before they can use amplified devices, otherwise they could be "disturbing the peace." Obviously, the parade is already noisy, but since the protesters weren't part of the parade, they would need their own permit according to my understanding of these sorts of laws.

    Regardless, the silent witnesses seem like a great way to counter protesters such as these.

  • Thank you all for your great work. I attend every year and have an unfortunate tendency to want to engage the hyper-Christian hate-mongers that infest the streets around events like this. Silent Witness has helped me many times to get through the barrage of bile they spew onto the passers by armed with only a smile and an umbrella. I don't know how you do it, the patience of Job I suppose. Please know that your kindness and the selfless contribution of your time are greatly appreciated.

  • Love the concept, hope this comes to be a very popular organization. We need more people willing to kill hate with peace and silence.

  • Thank you

  • Contact us at director at silentwitnesspa dot org (this system doesn't allow posting email addresses).

  • This idea is excellent!  How can we start this in St. Petersburg?

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