I posted my
Prop 8 protest video on
Gapers Block and also on
Chicago Metblog. I did write unique copy for each post, though, so I hope my editors are cool with that. ::wink::
Also, here's the transcription of the verbal part of the video. I have not been able to track down the names of all the speakers.
Crowd:
Yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can...
Reverend Sherry Lowly:
Marriage is not the sole right of the church, but marriage is a right for all people
and I want to be part of opening up the church's doors and saying that we will marry, and we will support, all persons, all children of God. God loves you, amen.
Allison Leber:
Reverend Sherry Lowly! We got some church up in here!
Daisy:
Talk about love!
Adoptive gay father:
Love is fabulous, I've been in love with my partner for 12 years, and we're adopting a little boy from the Philippines. A lot of love to go around, I don't know why they'd want to take that away from us.
Daisy:
What does it mean for you to be here today?
Adoptive gay father:
It means a whole lot, because people will keep taking our rights away unless we fight for them, so I'm going to be here fighting until I have them.
Daisy:
And now that you're having a baby, Prop 8 means a lot to you. How does it affect you?
Adoptive gay father:
Basically we have to do everything in long, complicated ways. If we really had rights, as couples to marry, as couples to adopt, we wouldn't have to go through the long complicated processes we go through to do everything. Just trying to do things the way I think they should be done - committed, faithful, loving.
Daisy:
You're just trying to be a loving partner and a loving parent.
Adoptive gay father:
Yes.
Daisy:
What do you have to say about love?
Go love! Don't take it away from us!
Speaker:
We are all Americans and we are all in this together.
Speaker:
For those who are against us, here and everywhere else, we will not stop. It's time to accept the differences in our nation's people and realize that different doesn't mean disgraceful.
Woman in crowd:
That's right!
Speaker:
Power does not cede things without a demand. And it's great that you are here today. But Monday, get on the phone to my colleagues in Springfield, the people who have to vote for marriage equality in Illinois...
Daisy:
So, Carrie, what does it mean for you to be here today?
Carrie:
I'm here today because the government doesn't get to tell people who to love, or how to love them. I'm here because everyone has the right to create their own family.
Daisy:
What do you want to tell people about love?
Carrie:
I want to tell people that love is a brave act, and all the people here fighting for the right to love are being very courageous and brave right now, so go marriage rights, go gay rights, go equal rights!
Daisy:
Go love!
Carrie:
Go love!
Daisy:
Go love!
Carrie:
Go love!
Speaker:
...tell them that you demand that they vote yes, tell them that if they do not vote yes, we will be out there on the streets, on the blocks, going door to door in their community, and we'll put in place the people who will vote for equal rights...
Marchers:
What do we want?
Equal rights!
When do we want them?
Now!
Barack Obama:
But tonight, because of what we did on this day, at this defining moment, change has come to America.
Yeah, so I put together a new header for my blog up there, using Apple's Comic Life (which is super fun) and a bunch of my favorite performance photos from the past few months. It was really hard to narrow down my choices because I have a million favorites, but I made sure I had my boyfriend, roommates, myself, and my co-producer Dan represented, and those plus a few other faves ended up with the lineup you see above.
