A modest marriage proposal
Filed by: Guest Blogger
November 20, 2008 12:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/11/a_modest_marriage_proposal.phpEditors' Note: The following is a guest post by Chris Crain. Chris is former editor of the Washington Blade, Southern Voice, and gay publications in three other cities. He blogs at
CitizenCrain.com and is the editor of
GayNewsWatch.com. He lives with his partner as a "love exile" in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
Gw270h405With the click of a mouse and boots on the street, hundreds of thousands of newly minted activists across the country last weekend declared independence from the top-down, black-tie, this-cutesy-logo-brought-to-you-by movement for gay civil rights.
It took the political perfect storm: the "Yes We Can" spirit behind Barack Obama's election, running smack up against the "Oh No You Don't" passage of Proposition 8 banning gay marriage in California.
The result was Stonewall 2.0. No corporate sponsors, no tony Washington, D.C., offices, and not a single poll or focus group. Just tech-savvy young activists pulling off day after day of street protests in California, followed by a massive mobilization on Nov. 15, a National Day of Protest in big cities and small towns across these United States.
