Monday, November 17, 2008

Saturday at the Old Courthouse

Julie and I visited the marriage protest downtown at the old courthouse. I didn't see a bunch of people I expected to see, but it was still a pretty good crowd for a cold gray day. Who knew St. Louis had so many straight people who aren't afraid of being mistaken for gay?

Our mayor spoke.
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Folks networked and visited with old friends.
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People carried a lot of signs.
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Everyone seemed friendly and supportive. I didn't see any counter-demonstrations, which is pretty weird. Shouldn't someone have shown up to helpfully point out that we're all going to hell?

2 comments:

Anne Haines said...

Apparently the folks running the rally here had been warned by a couple of different churches to expect counterprotestors, and there was some talk that they would actually try to throw stones (like, actual literal rocks). None of them showed up though. (Maybe because it was 35 degrees and raining!!) All we had was lots of people driving by honking their horns in support, which was so cool.

Unknown said...

I am shocked, *shocked* by all this good natured acceptance!