Why is Equality Across America planning a march on Washington, DC?
Tens of thousands of gay rights activists are headed to the White House in a march for equality that will take them down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol. The National Equality March kicked off around 1 p.m. Sunday. Representatives of Equality Across America, which organized the march, said it was part of an aggressive strategy to pursue equal rights at the federal level, rather than winning piecemeal victories at the local and state levels. “We’re not settling,” said Cleve Jones, the co-chairman of the march. “There’s no such thing as a fraction of equality. We want equal protection under the law.” The march comes at a key time for the gay rights movement. On Tuesday, David A. Catania (I-At Large), an openly gay member of the D.C. Council, introduced a bill allowing same-sex marriages in the nation’s capital. Council members have said they want to pass the measure by Christmas. Voters in Maine will vote next month on a same-sex marriage referendum. If it passes, it will be the first
On October 11th at noon, (this Friday), history will continue to be made in the ever increasing struggle on gay marriage rights in America. A march on Washington has been in the works for a very long time, as the historic Cleve Jones made it known on June 7th of this past summer. He reiterated to his Canadian neighbors, not only the plan but the importance of the movement during his visit at Vancouver Pride, and I have not forgotten. Equality Across America explains it in lamen’s terms: We are guaranteed equal protection by the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution. Free and equal people do not bargain for or prioritize our rights, so we are coming to DC this October 10-11th to demand equal protection in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states. Now. “Now” really is the key. Earlier in the year I wrote a Saturday Submission into Homorazzi on my opinion of the Vancouver Queer Film Festival housing their movies in a Cinemark theatre. In that article I quoted a line from Mr. Cle
Tens of thousands of gay rights activists are headed to the White House in a march for equality that will take them down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol. The National Equality March kicked off around 1 p.m. Sunday. Representatives of Equality Across America, which organized the march, said it was part of an aggressive strategy to pursue equal rights at the federal level, rather than winning piecemeal victories at the local and state levels. “We’re not settling,” said Cleve Jones, the co-chairman of the march. “There’s no such thing as a fraction of equality. We want equal protection under the law.” The march comes at a key time for the gay rights movement. On Tuesday, David A. Catania (I-At Large), an openly gay member of the D.C. Council, introduced a bill allowing same-sex marriages in the nation’s capital. Council members have said they want to pass the measure by Christmas. Voters in Maine will vote next month on a same-sex marriage referendum. If it passes, it will be the first
Organizers of the Gay Rights March on DC, Equality Across America, say it’s “a call to action for a new generation of activists” to join the gay rights movement. Their goal, they say, is to bring full equality to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans and their families in all 50 states. Among the federal issues at stake are employment, military and immigration discrimination – targeting the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy – as well as the repeal of DOMA or the Defense of Marriage Act. Are you looking for more information on the National Equality March or the Washington DC’s Gay Rights March DC Gay Right’s march? Right Pundits has all the details below!
