The parade of bigotry continued inside the Assembly chambers on Wednesday as opponents to the Anchorage ordinance demanded the right to keep discriminating against gays.
Outside the library, DJ Dan spun tunes for the demonstrators. Ordinance supporters celebrated diversity and civil rights, while opponents pushed lies and fear.
How many hours of prejudice does the Assembly need to hear to recognize us as a stigmatized minority group? How many days and weeks of personal attacks do we need to sit through to gain legal protection?
The next scheduled hearing is on Tuesday, June 23. Please wear blue.
4 comments:
The images from these hearings are just shocking. Thanks for your video; here's some more footage
Nice poster: "We're still having this conversation?"
I think a powerful image would be two drinking fountains - (or large picnic cooler drink dispensers, sitting on a table)-
One dispenser is labeled
'STRAIGHTS ONLY'
the other labeled
'LGBTS ONLY'
to me, one of the most powerful images of racial discrimination and the ignorance it showed, was of the separate drinking fountains labeled WHITES and BLACKS
But really, it's the same thing today. Opponents of the ordinance are saying LBGTs and their lifestyles are;
unclean
unhealthy
immoral
contagious
we don't wanna live by them
work with them
so the two separately labeled drink dispensers could be one of those ---
'A picture is worth a thousand words'
I don't have a table or the coolers, but if anybody does, how about bringing them to the next Loussac lawn party/demonstration
Maybe we could have two other drink dispensers on the other side of the table, only these two have a sign that say
'For all those who thirst'
Interesting idea, but the ordinance is not about marriage or 'separate but equal'. This ordinance is for protection against discrimination, mostly in employment, so a sign saying "Anchorage is hiring - no gays need apply" would be more appropriate. That is another iconic photo of various civil rights movements. Thanks for the suggestion.
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