May 2009
60 posts
Hundreds pray on eve of Prop 8 ruling →
mercurynews.com
SAN FRANCISCO—A dozen representatives of faiths ranging from Buddhism to Judaism led hundreds of San Franciscans in prayer and song the night before the California Supreme Court is expected to decide whether a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage is legal.
The service, held at Grace Cathedral, was organized by the group Marriage Equality USA. Many in the crowd teared up during the somber ceremony.
Reverend Roland Stringfellow, with the Pacific School of Religion, says the service was meant to show how many communities of faith stand with same-sex couples on this issue.
Several representatives of various faiths said they were ready to get arrested in acts of civil disobedience if the court does not overturn the ban.
Things like this restore my faith in humanity. While I am greatly disappointed and quite enraged at the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Proposition 8, I also have hope that things with change in the future. This issue has certainly not been settled. I hope that people of all sexual orientations and faiths continue fighting until everyone has the right to get married.
amen, glenda
“Now I am quietly waiting for
the catastrophe of my personality
to seem beautiful again,
and interesting, and modern.” —frank o’hara “mayakovsky”
the catastrophe of my personality
to seem beautiful again,
and interesting, and modern.” —frank o’hara “mayakovsky”
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“The transcendentalism dog-itudinosity of the dog can be changed, the dog can fart or die, is it more or less of a dog? yes, yes, yesyesyes, yes. yes.”
—Professor Nathanson
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