Tag Archives: Join The Impact

Tea Party Patriots Declare From Podium: “We Will Not Be Silenced By Faggots”

The Tea Party rally I mentioned early this morning was a lot rowdier than even that story suggested. Visit Scott Wooledge’s exhaustive report at Daily Kos for more. One charming highlight came when the speaker at the podium shouted, “We will not be silenced by FAGGOTS!” It also looks like there will be an investigation in the above Boston police …

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BOSTON: Scott Lively Shouted Down

Join The Impact MA sends us a photo and a press release. A crowd of approximately 75 tea party activists gathered round the bandstand on the Common to hear speakers representing groups like “Show ID to Vote,” “Newsbusters” and the Mass. Republican Assembly. From the outset about 20 protestors from Join the Impact MA stood along the edge of the …

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Friday: LGBT Activists To Protest Obama Speech In Boston

LGBT activists and allies plan to protest President Obama’s appearance this Friday at a fundraiser in Boston. Via press release: President Barack Obama will be visiting Boston on Friday, Oct. 23rd, for a high dollar fundraiser to be held at the Westin Copley Hotel. Outside the hotel, a protest will be held from 12:30pm – 2:30pm urging President Obama to …

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2nd DNC Fundraiser Protest Planned

Join The Impact has announced that they will protest a DNC fundraiser scheduled for Boston on tomorrow. Another protest of the DNC fundraiser in DC is scheduled for Thursday. Via press release: The Obama administration’s decision to file a legal brief in support of the Defense Of Marriage Act (DOMA), in which same-sex marriage was compared to incestuous and underage …

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President Obama: Don’t Flip Flop On DOMA

Via press release: The first ever federal lawsuit against Section 3 of DOMA (“Defense Of Marriage Act”) was filed on March 3, 2009 by GLAD (Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders) on behalf of eight same-sex married couples and three surviving spouses from Massachusetts who have been denied federal legal protections available to spouses. They served the government with the …

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Equal Taxes, Equal Rights

Some of you weren’t too fond of the LGBT movement attempting to co-opt the tea baggers’ tax protests, but if you ARE interested, today the HRC, Join The Impact, and Marriage Equality USA are organizing at least 60 protests at U.S. Post Offices around the country to demand fair taxation for LGBT couples. It doesn’t matter how long a same-sex …

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Tea Parties Go Gay!

Those “revolutionary” tea parties planned around the nation for April 15th are no longer entirely owned by the wingnuts. Via press release from Join The Impact: This tax day, the LGBT community is demanding equal rights for equal taxation. Massachusetts citizens will be gathering at the Long Wharf dock, near the site of the original Boston Tea Party, from 5:30pm …

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Call To Appoint Openly Gay William White As Secretary Of The Navy Grows Louder

Equal Rep, a grassroots group founded by Join The Impact co-founder Paul Sousa, is calling for support in their bid to get Barack Obama to nominate William White as the first openly gay Secretary of the Navy. In a short amount of time, White has already earned some impressive endorsements. Retired general Hugh Shelton, a former chairman of the Joint …

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HomoQuotable – Peter Staley

“Momentum is a bitch. It’s probably the hardest thing to maintain in any activist movement. Join The Impact, the new web-based group that organized the remarkable nationwide anti-Prop 8 rallies on November 15th, is learning this hard truth pretty quickly. Their three actions since then – a postcard campaign, “Day Without A Gay”, and Saturday night’s nationwide “Light Up The …

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Not So Silent Night

It looks like Saturday’s Light Up The Night event was not quite the silent protest requested by the organizers at Join The Impact, at least in NYC. The clip below was sent to us by Richard Davis at NYC’s LGBT Center.Also check out Eric Leven’s coverage of the protest in Miami and Rex Wockner’s report from San Diego. Wockner says …

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Saturday: Light Up The Night

Join The Impact sends a reminder about this Saturday’s Light Up The Night rally in NYC which includes the corrected locations to the ones I posted earlier this week. Find the protest in your city via the links at bottom. NYC MARCH FOR EQUAL RIGHTS AND GAY MARRIAGE Saturday, December 20, 6 PM, 35th Street And Sixth Avenue This Saturday, …

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Light Up The Night

The next Join The Impact demonstration takes place this Saturday, December 20th at “commercial centers” around the nation. In NYC, marriage equality advocates with gather at Columbus Circle and march to Times Square. Facebook link here. Find the location in your city here. From the site: WHAT WILL WE BE DOING? Hosting peaceful candlelight vigils We will stay silent unless …

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The Architect Of Stonewall 2.0

Veteran gay reporter Rex Wockner gives us a glimpse into Amy Balliett, whom he calls the “architect of Stonewall 2.0.” Yes, she practices what she preaches. JoinTheImpact co-founder and co-coordinator Amy Balliett, right, and wife Jessica Trejo were legally married in Los Angeles on Oct. 18 following their Aug. 9 wedding in Seattle. It took me a while to get …

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Tomorrow: Nationwide Prop 8 Protests

Go to Join The Impact for information about the protests near you. Protest times are staggered by time zone, making this the very first time in the history of our nation that LGBT people will be standing up for ourselves in every major city in every state at the SAME TIME.

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Love Unites

Via Towleroad: Shepard Fairey, the graphic designer and illustrator who created the iconic images for Obama’s campaign, has turned his focus to the current fight for equality in the gay and lesbian community, designing a poster intended specifically for use at this weekend’s rallies in California and elsewhere. The image is inspired by the art of a young man named …

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