I'll be at the Missoula, Montana one, hopefully!

Thank you SO much for using inclusive language! The local event in Atlanta has been saying "LGBT," but then using language like "gay marriage" (instead of marriage equality or same-sex marriage), which ignores the stake and support of straight trans people.

Thank you for posting this! I've been hoping something like this would materialize so that we can all come together in physical space and show our support for marriage equality.

I'm assuming there are few comments on this post because people are eagerly clicking the link and emailing their friends with plans to show up at one of the rallies, heh heh.

Thank you for posting this! I plan on going to the protest in Boulder, CO on Saturday. I'm so happy that it's scheduled three hours before I have to go into work. I shall get in plenty of protest time :)

I'll be protesting in Shreveport, LA!!

Hey, these protests are happening on my birthday.

I'm excited for this! I'll be at the protest in Dallas!

I'll be at the protest in DC! We're considering a march from the Capitol Building to the White House, or maybe from city hall to the White House.

I'm so excited to hear how all the different protests go!

i'm going to the protest in eugene, OR with a huge group of friends.
it's my first protest! i'm just a wee little college freshman, and i'm stoked that my first protest is about something so crucial.

There are two protests that'll last all day in MPLS, and then I have a lesbian friend's birthday party. Thanks to Prop8 I never meet any straight women anymore.

I'll be in Atlanta!

I'll be at the Los Angeles one, weather permitting--it may be in the 90s, ugh. I'm so happy that this is happening across the country, and lucky me, I live next door to a Mormon temple. I put No on 8 signs on my balcony facing the entrance of the church ;-)

I attempted to help defeat 8 here in California on Election Day and during the campaign. The No on 8 campaign, however, made it hard for volunteers to really be involved and made it impossible to win by its complete lack of a field program. Make no mistake: money doesn't always win elections. The Yes campaign's large coffers didn't guarantee its success.

If you really want to make a difference in California and everywhere in the country, tell organizers that protests aren't the way to get work done. It makes those protesting feel better - but don't confuse it with actual action. Petitions don't count either.

Insist that your local organizing bodies teach you how to conduct an effective field campaign. Insist that they have a plan to get out the vote and that they do, in fact, get out the vote. In Cali, on Election Day, the only GOTV effort undertaken wasn't GOTV at all. The campaign had volunteers stand 100 feet from polling places (The exact distance required by law) and engage voters to make sure "no one was confused" on how to vote. This probably alienated more people than it educated. More importantly, it did nothing - NOTHING - to ensure that those opposed to inequality turned out to cast their votes against Prop 8. Had we really, truly organized our vote, we could have prevailed. Instead, we abandoned tried and true strategies in favor of meaningless visibility.

Now is the time to educate people on organizing and effective GOTV - NOW, when they have energy to protest. Give them something to do that is meaningful, not meaningless.

I support the cause with my whole heart, but I no longer support those supposedly in charge - and I can't again until they fess up to their missteps and take definitive action towards planning for the future.

Hang up your signs and put your energy into learning about campaigns. Don't let anyone tell you a protest is enough. Your hearts are in the right place, but you're being led astray.

Where was all of this before November 4?