PHOTOS: Prop 8 Ruling Arrests & Protest in San Francisco - THREAD #2

[Hissyspit]

THREAD #1 on initial reaction to the ruling is HERE: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5722842&mesg_id=5722842



An unidentfied same sex marriage advocate is held by San Francisco police after the California State Supreme Court ruled in San Francisco. (Paul Sakuma / AP)





Brady Pearson from Oakland kneels down to pray in the center of Van Ness Avenue at Grove street. Pearson was taking part in a civil disobedience demonstration following the California Supreme Courts decision upholding of Prop 8 vote, the ban on gay marriage. (Lance Iversen / The Chronicle)





People pick up copies of the ruling as the California State Supreme Court ruled in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The court upheld the ban on gay marriage voters approved when they voted in favor of Proposition 8 last fall,but it also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect will stay wed. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)





A same sex couple kiss before being arrested in a civil disobedience act in San Francisco, California, May 26, 2009. California's supreme court backed a ban on gay marriage on Tuesday, ruling that a voter-approved proposition defining marriage as between a man and a woman could stand in the trend-setting state. REUTERS/Kimberly White (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY CONFLICT)





Bay Nguyen, 16, (L) and Ivy Hammond, 17, stand in the shade of a rainbow flag as they listen during a protest rally at the East Los Angeles Recorder Office in Los Angeles May 26, 2009. California's supreme court backed a ban on gay marriage on Tuesday, upholding a voter-approved proposition defining marriage as between a man and a woman, but said the marriages last year of 18,000 same sex couples were still legal. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES POLITICS)





Demonstrators gather to protest the California Supreme Court decision on gay marriage Tuesday, May 26, 2009 in New York. The California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, but it also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect will stay wed. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)





Married gay couple Antoinette Reyes, 27, (R) and Dahlia Ferlito, 28, shout at a protest rally at the East Los Angeles Recorder Office in Los Angeles, May 26, 2009. California's supreme court backed a ban on gay marriage on Tuesday, upholding a voter-approved proposition defining marriage as between a man and a woman, but said the marriages last year of 18,000 same sex couples were still legal. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES POLITICS)





Gay couple Jeannie Cordova (L) and Lynn Ballen attempt to obtain a marriage license at the East Los Angeles Recorder Office in Los Angeles, May 26, 2009. California's supreme court backed a ban on gay marriage on Tuesday, upholding a voter-approved proposition defining marriage as between a man and a woman, but said the marriages last year of 18,000 same sex couples were still legal. REUTERS/Pool/Robert Hanashiro (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY)





Former US Army Lt. Dan Choi, the first Arabic-speaking specialist dismissed through the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy under the Obama Administration joins a same-sex marriage rally in Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, but it also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect will stay wed. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)





(R-L) Couples Jacob Hale and Tony Espinosa, and Lynn Ballen and Jeannie Cordova attempt to obtain marriage licenses at the East Los Angeles Recorder Office in Los Angeles, May 26, 2009. California's supreme court backed a ban on gay marriage on Tuesday, upholding a voter-approved proposition defining marriage as between a man and a woman, but said the marriages last year of 18,000 same sex couples were still legal. REUTERS/Pool/Robert Hanashiro (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY)





An unidentified same sex marriage advocate, in a Jewish clergy outfit, is held by San Francisco police as demonstrators block a street after the California State Supreme Court ruled in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The court upheld the ban on gay marriage voters approved when they voted in favor of Proposition 8 last fall. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)





Jacob Rogers Sperber protests the California State Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage in the Castro District in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, but it also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect will stay wed. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)





Shawn Higgins, hugs his boyfriend Robert Franco as police surround them during a street protest following a court ruling on gay marriage in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The California Supreme Court upheld a voter approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)





San Francisco police move in to make arrests as supporters of same-sex marriage block Van Ness Avenue following the California Supreme Court's ruling to uphold Proposition 8 in San Francisco, California. California's Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a referendum that outlawed gay marriage, but said 18,000 same-sex weddings carried out before the ban would remain valid. (AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)





A man yells our as he is arrested for blocking the streets in a civil disobedience act in San Francisco, California, May 26, 2009. California's supreme court backed a ban on gay marriage on Tuesday, ruling that a voter-approved proposition defining marriage as between a man and a woman could stand in the trend-setting state. REUTERS/Kimberly White (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY)





A same sex couple kiss as a man is arrested in a civil disobedience act in San Francisco, California, May 26, 2009. California's supreme court backed a ban on gay marriage on Tuesday, ruling that a voter-approved proposition defining marriage as between a man and a woman could stand in the trend-setting state. REUTERS/Kimberly White (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY CONFLICT)





Iran Larios (L-wearing wedding dress) protests outside the East Los Angeles Recorder Office in Los Angeles May 26, 2009. California's supreme court backed a ban on gay marriage on Tuesday, upholding a voter-approved proposition defining marriage as between a man and a woman, but said the marriages last year of 18,000 same sex couples were still legal. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY CONFLICT)





Supporters of same sex marriages block the streets in a civil disobedience act in San Francisco, California, May 26, 2009. California's supreme court backed a ban on gay marriage on Tuesday, ruling that a voter-approved proposition defining marriage as between a man and a woman could stand in the trend-setting state. REUTERS/Kimberly White (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY)





Police stand in front of supporters of same sex marriage as they block streets in a civil disobedience act in San Francisco, California, May 26, 2009. California's supreme court backed a ban on gay marriage on Tuesday, ruling that a voter-approved proposition defining marriage as between a man and a woman could stand in the trend-setting state. REUTERS/Kimberly White (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY)





An unidentified same sex marriage advocate is held by San Francisco police as demonstrators block a street after the California State Supreme Court ruled in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The court upheld the ban on gay marriage voters approved when they voted in favor of Proposition 8 last fall. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)





A black flag flies over the rainbow flag that was set at half-mast in the Castro District after the California State Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, but it also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect will stay wed. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)





A same sex couple kiss before being arrested for blocking the streets in a civil disobedience act in San Francisco, California, May 26, 2009. California's supreme court backed a ban on gay marriage on Tuesday, ruling that a voter-approved proposition defining marriage as between a man and a woman could stand in the trend-setting state. REUTERS/Kimberly White (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)





David Lauda, a married gay man, protests the California State Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage in the Castro District in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The court upheld the ban on gay marriage voters approved when they voted in favor of Proposition 8 last fall. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[FreeState]

2. Thanks for posting - heartbreaking yet defiant and hopeful all at the same time n/t

[xchrom]

3. lucky 13. nt

[maddezmom]

4. 14

Thanks for pulling these all together. :(

[Divine Discontent]

5. God, I love them for doing it! And may those against equality for all, hear Jesus' words upon their

death, "Whatever you do until the least of these, you do unto me." (Matthew 25:40)


Horribly judgmental decision I believe, because it states the religious viewpoint of it being 'wrong' in some religious people's eyes, is more important than the equal right under the law for any two adults to have a civil union/coupling and be married unto one another.

Is it possible they didn't make that argument when fighting against it in the appearance before the CA Supreme Court?

I agree with the DUer that said they should say the religious views are overriding civil rights. I agree with that! I'm a Christian and Christian laws cannot be interpreted into laws for government, but one's own life. I don't want another religion taking over, say Muslim, and telling me exactly how I have to live.

[Lithos]

6. K&R

Thanks for posting these.

[Pacifist Patriot]

7. A quibble with Reuter's photo tag.

in the trend-setting state

Nah, that would be Massachusetts, Iowa, Maine..

[ColbertWatcher]

10. They should add "Formerly known as ..." n/t

[barbtries]

22. exactly

i'm from california for the first 52 years of my life, and maybe once, but now? i'd have to quibble with that characterization as well. prop 8 passed in an election, prop 8 held up by the supreme court, and the governor wants to put poor people on the street, hungry. trends i find disheartening to say the least.

i love and miss the place of my birth but it's kind of like my country these days: not mine anymore.

[NMMNG]

8. You think we'll see nationwide cries of "OMG they dragged clergy away in handcuffs!"

Like we did when they were at Notre Dame whining about Obama speaking? No, of course not. It's only when clergy are trying to eradicate people's rights that they're considered heroes for getting arrested. :eyes:


On edit: more photos from today available here.

[Pacifist Patriot]

12. I think I recognized a UU minister in one of the photos.

in either this thread or the other one.

Can't remember her name, but I think I crossed paths with her at GA in 2006. She looks really familiar and I do believe the woman I am thinking of was from California.

[winyanstaz]

13. "OMG they dragged clergy away in handcuffs!" !!!!!!!

.....I just thought I would step up and start the outcry :)....
Someone's got to do it!

[ColbertWatcher]

18. Those are great pictures. Thank you for posting. n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

9. Where did you get those images? Especially #4 and #22? k+r, n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

17. Nevermind, I found them, plus two more ...

[BuyingThyme]

11. Thanks HS! Thanks SF!

:applause:

[Wednesdays]

14. K&R!

By the way, the "unidentified" couple in photo #22 seems to be Shawn Higgins and Robert Franco from photo #13. At least, the clothing looks identical to me.

[Chovexani]

15. Thank you so much for posting these!

I was at that protest in NYC, that photo was taken right in front of me! To give it some context, that was taken at Sheridan Square, right in front of the historic Stonewall Inn. We gathered there before marching.

This is my report of the march:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=221x133892

[donheld]

16. I love them all

[barbtries]

19. great pictures

made me cry and i'm at work - but only in body. in heart and mind i am with the heartbroken oppressed.

[Bluenorthwest]

20. Thanks for the pix

Wish I was there, beautiful people!

[blueraven95]

21. the pictures of the clergy marching and getting arrested

that I've seen yesterday and today make me tear up. It's so nice to religious people standing up for what is right.

[myrna minx]

23. K&R.

[Kurovski]

24. K&R. (nt)

[Seldona]

25. K&R

nt

[Mermaid7]

26. Does This Look Too Much Like Kent State?

What's happening w this country, with the police state against the people?

Who's business is it, (certainly not our government) to ordain marriage???


I need not say this, but I am straight, just so everyone who is straight or gay knows, how everyone else is feeling about this.

It's not our government's place to legislate love, or religious ceremonies.

Haven't they got anything else to do?

They need to get the fuck out of our personal business and religious beliefs.

Separation of Church and State, remember that one?????????????????????

[grantcart]

27. Well here the protestors want to get arrested to make their point and

at Kent State student protestors, and in some cases onlookers were shot.

You misunderstand the former and trivialize the latter.