A Gay Old Day
So my plan was merely to attend the morning sessions of “LGBTQ Law 2008: Where Do We Go from Here?” at Columbia Law School and then head home. I’ve been going to these sort of symposia for years and they tend, quite frankly, to be rather redundant. The talk from one of the lawyers who successfully argued the Connecticut litigation was quite informative though.
There was surprisingly little discussion of Proposition 8 (apart from the buzz about this morning’s New York Times exposé about the role of the Mormon Church in the ballot measure — the Washington Post ran a similar piece as well), and much more about the maddening situation in New York. For those not in the know, a senior Democratic state senator, who also happens to be a Hispanic representing a a Hispanic district in the Bronx (oh, and he’s also a Pentecostal minister) is threatening to block the election of the front-runner candidate for senate majority leader unless he pledges to keep gay marriage off the legislative agenda.
Anyway, stepping out at the lunch break, intending to go home, I was stunned to find myself drenched not in rain (as has been predicted) but rather warm inviting sunlight.
So how could I not go down to the gay rights rally at City Hall?
A few more pictures at the Flickr page. Sorry I was armed only with my modest cellphone camera (and a dying battery).
Overall, a good day. A very good day indeed.
Previously on YouTube:
–NYC Rally For Marriage and Against Proposition 8
Filed under: Gay Rights and Issues, Law, New York City & State, Politics, Society, Religion, Culture Wars
Thousands turned out in Philadelphia too! I will have pictures and video shortly.
[...] made it impractical. Box Turtle Bulletin has a good round-up of protest pictures and reports, and Kip has a report from the New York [...]