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About 200 activists gathered at Library Mall today at noon before marching to the Capitol stairs for a series of speeches promoting gay equality, universal health care and withdrawal from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Event organizer and UW junior Jessie Otradovec said the march was inspired by the National Equality March that took place Oct. 11 in Washington D.C., and she was happy with today’s turnout.
About 330 people confirmed on Facebook, and about 800 said they might attend.
Several attendees expressed concern lumping other controversial causes in with gay rights. Others felt health care and the two wars are also very important issues and should be vocalized as well. “If anything, it actually gets more people out, because we can get those communities who care about the war, who care about single payer activism … I think it absolutely helps our cause,” Otradovec said.
The march was organized by Unified for Equality, a group composed of Madison area organizations supporting equal rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community. Sponsors included the Madison Area Transgender Association, MATC Pride Alliance, International Socialist Organization, UW Madison LGBTI Equality Now, OutReach/OutThere, UW Whitewater P.E.A.C.E. and UW Whitewater IMPACT.
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Gosh, where were these gay rights activists while Bush was in office? Did I miss any big protests all those years?
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Maybe they are just angry that Barry HO is such a major hypocrite?
In the end those most disappointed in The One will be the Obots who voted for him.
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Could you explain in more detail? How is the BH being hypocritical? And explain about Obama please…
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He may be Barrack Husein Obama to some, but he’ll always be Barry HO to me. As far as Barry HO being hypocritical, there is a huge disparity between what the gay community thought would happen when they helped elect Barry HO and the nothing that has happened.
But then they are just some of the rubes that are are realizing that Obama is all sham and no wow.