Thousands March for Same-Sex Marriage in Melbourne
Yesterday, up to 2,000 people marched through the streets of Melbourne to demand same-sex marriage rights in an inspiring continuation of Equal Love’s National Year of Action for same-sex marriage leading up to this year’s Federal Election.
It was refreshing to see so many young people chanting loud and angry against Rudd’s homophobia and there is no sign that we’re going to give up soon. The vote in Federal parliament this month which saw many Labor MPs not even turn up, and Abbott’s homophobic comments were reminders of the need to continue fighting.
It was great to see leaflets for the next rally on May 15 at this rally and I saw many people spontaneously handing them out at the end, keen to keep the momentum going. The May 15 rally will be on the International Day Against Homophobia, and it will be a national demonstration.
So whilst we’ll be marching with thousands of others around Australia, we’ll be marching with many more around the world against all of the expressions of homophobia in the world today.
I found a rather cute little cartoon the other day that I sent to a few of my much-loved G&L friends that read: “If god hates gays then why are we so cute?”
Love it!
Will tell that to my Christian-homophobe of a sister.
[...] Benjamin Solah writes about a protest for same-sex marriage in Melbourne. [...]