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Thousands marched on Boston's City Hall Plaza to protest California's gay marriage ban. The message: "We Hate Prop 8." ( Bostonist Flickr contributor LizKDC )
Earlier today, thousands flocked to Boston's City Hall Plaza to protest California's Proposition 8, a ballot initiative that amended the state's constitution to ban same-sex marriage. The proposition passed months after the California Supreme Court had authorized same-sex weddings, leaving thousands of marriages in limbo.
Massachusetts and Connecticut are now the only two states that recognize full marriage rights for gay couples. It's fitting that Boston's turnout to the nationwide protest sponsored by Join the Impact was so vociferous and uncompromising. Those are our rights under the gun, whether we are gay or straight, and the Cradle of Liberty doesn't take such assaults lightly.
Bostonist Flickr contributor LizKDC captured the spirit of the crowd.
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Please don't take this the wrong way but are you referring to Boston or Massachusetts as the "Cradle of Liberty"? That hasn't been the case for generations. Long before Faneuil Hall became a mall with a few historical elements preserved...
"Those are our rights under the gun, whether we are gay or straight, and the Cradle of Liberty doesn't take such assaults lightly."
Faneuil Hall is still a hall. You're thinking of Quincy Market. And, historically speaking, that area has always been a mall.
rickbang - that was one of the few 'historical elements' I referred to in my note. Perhaps I should have been more specific. Quincy Market was once wonderful meat market and not a mall in the sense that we know them now. My apologies for falling in to the same loose usage as is common today.