MEET IN THE MIDDLE - DUSTIN LANCE BLACK (PART TWO)

MEET IN THE MIDDLE FOR EQUALITY RALLY. MAY 30TH, 2009 IN FRESNO, CA. A RALLY IN PROTEST OF THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT UPHOLDING CA PROP 8, WHICH STRIPPED LGBT AMERICANS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OF THE LEGAL RIGHT TO SAME SEX MARRIAGE, WHICH WAS GRANTED IN 2008 BY THE SAME CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT, WHO RULED THE DENIAL WAS UN-CONSTITUTIONAL.

THE RALLY TOOK PLACE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA TO BRING ATTENTION TO CONSERVATIVE VOTING IN THAT REGION AND TO SHINE A LIGHT ON LGBT CITIZENS LIVING IN THE AREA. IT WAS A NOTICE TO ALL THOSE WHO SUPPORTED PROP 8 THAT LGBT AMERICANS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS ARE GROWING IN NUMBER, AND THAT EVEN IN SUCH A CONSERVATIVE ARENA AS THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA, THAT THE BATTLE IS FAR FROM OVER.

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