{"id":5493,"date":"2008-11-15T17:11:37","date_gmt":"2008-11-16T00:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=5493"},"modified":"2008-11-15T17:11:37","modified_gmt":"2008-11-16T00:31:25","slug":"marriage-equality-demonstration-in-portland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=5493","title":{"rendered":"Marriage Equality Demonstration In Portland"},"content":{"rendered":"

I couldn’t make out a word the speakers said — heck, I couldn’t even see <\/em>the speakers, I only know they were there because I could hear their amplified voices womp-womp-womping like a grownup in a Peanuts TV special, followed at intervals by the crowd cheering — but the energy was excited and enjoyable, and everyone I spoke to was nice.<\/p>\n

There were two demonstrations in Portland today (and around 300 nationwide — Box Turtle Bulletin has lots of links<\/a>!); the one I attended was on the Portland State University campus. I bused down, Sydney in tow, and we spent a while enjoying the demonstration. Then we went to a toy store, where Sydney fell in love with a truly disgusting chicken doll. (When you squeeze it, a gooey mess with a yolk inside bubbles out of it’s bottom).<\/p>\n

Here’s some photos; click to see them bigger.<\/p>\n

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Proposition 8 protest at PSU, November 15 2008. Photo taken from the library steps.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Proposition 8 protest at PSU, November 15 2008. That woman's hair is so Portland.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sydney poses in front of a rainbow flag.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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