Fairbanks for Equal Marriage: Prop 8 Protest at City Hall

About 30 supporters of same-sex marriage demonstrated in front of Fairbanks City Hall and marched in the light snow on Saturday, probably the farthest north location to join the national protest against Prop 8. Irina Rivkin, a lesbian singer/songwriter from California, performed at the protest.

"[Irina] wrote a skit about 'octogenarian marriage,' equating it with the gay marriage debate (the joke being that eighty-somethings can't have kids, and a lot of people are grossed out by eighty-something sex)," wrote ORBITALDIAMONDS. "Then she sang a song about bringing her girlfriend home to her conservative Russian mother, who eventually came to like the girlfriend, and it made me cry."

Were you there? Tell us about it! There are photos on the Facebook page Protest Prop 8 in Fairbanks, but the only posted article is from the Daily News-Miner:

"The Fairbanks protesters eventually marched down Cushman Street to Airport Way to wave signs, [Kristen] Magann said. A couple of protesters performed a skit and one sang a lesbian love song.

"We didn't meet with any adverse attitudes except from a cabbie who asked if we were supporting 'real marriage,'" Magann wrote in an e-mail later in the day.

"When the protesters told the cab driver that they were advocating for same-sex marriage, the driver sped away, Magann said.

"At its height, 32 people participated in the Fairbanks demonstration."

After the protest, Kristen wrote this message on the Facebook page:

"Thank you thank you thank you for coming out and showing your support for equality today! We had such a good turnout and I hope you are all as inspired and pumped up about the movement as I am. Just because the protest is over, the struggle is not."

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