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Major rallies are planned for tonight in numerous California cities in advance of tomorrow’s Supreme Court hearing on the overturn of Proposition 8. Visit the Eve Of Justice site for locations in your town. The rally in Los Angeles begins at 5:30PM at El Pueblo De Los Angeles Park: Special guests include Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, LAMBDA Legal representative Jenny Pizer, …

The Phelps must be spreading themselves thin to be both at the Oscars and yesterday’s funerals in Buffalo. But no matter, Westboro came through for us and camera crews from media outlets around the world once again noted the persecution of homosexuals by the religious right in America and the need for LGBT equality. And I’m sure after Sean Penn …

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, …

Via press release: Please join CODE PINK: Women for Peace, AfterDowningStreet, and Democrats.com this Wednesday, December 17, 2008, in Washington, D.C., at Lafayette Square Park in front of the White House. We will have with us a large supply of shoes labeled with the names of Iraqis who have died in Bush’s war. We encourage you to bring your old …

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 …

According to a poll taken by Survey USA, California voters are evenly split on this question: “Will the recent rallies held by ‘No on Prop 8’ protesters ultimately help their cause? Hurt their cause? Or will it not make a difference one way or the other?” Another question asking “Have the protesters changed your opinion on Prop 8?” has 8% …

More than 300 marriage equality activists protested at a Chicago-area Cinemark Theater on Saturday in response to the company’s CEO having donated $10K to support Prop 8. JMG reader Michael Lehet sends us his firsthand video. A nationwide boycott of Cinemark has been brewing for the last week, with many upset that the chain will be showing Milk. The website …

Richard Davis at the NYC LGBT Community Center sends us some great video recapping of Saturday’s protest at City Hall. TOP LEFT: The first video is a compilation of several speakers, including former Miss America Kate Shindle, who was fantastic. TOP RIGHT: New York Assemblyman Danny O’Donnell. BOTTOM LEFT: Openly lesbian actress Heather Matarazzo. BOTTOM RIGHT: The absolute highlight of …

Via Father Tony, here’s 30 seconds or so of my pals Paul Vitale and Eric Leven firing up our boys at Saturday’s rally. You’ll spot Wilson Cruz and Little David when the camera pans around.

On Friday night, police in riot gear had to rush to the Castro District to protect a group of Christianists seeking to convert gays. In San Francisco’s Castro District, people on both sides of the same-sex marriage controversy confronted each other on Friday night, as police tried to keep the peace. Proposition 8 passed in a close vote and eliminated …

Tomorrow’s protest in NYC will begin at 1:30PM, rain or shine. And rain is more likely, Weather.com is predicting a 93% chance of rain tomorrow afternoon. So wear your raincoat, bring your umbrella, and cover your signs with plastic wrap. I’ll be meeting my peeps at the fountain in City Hall Park at 1PM. Let’s get soaking wet!

“Okay, don’t get me wrong. Last night’s Prop 8 demo in New York City was inspiring on many levels. The turn-out was huge. The fact that it all happened virally online, starting with a single Facebook event posted only three days earlier by a 26-year-old (great work, Corey Johnson!), amazes me. “And what happened last night is part of something …

Most of you should remember Tuesday’s ugly story of the elderly woman in Palm Springs who crashed a Prop 8 rally. She was screamed at, her crossed was ripped from her hands and stomped by gay men. Now she’s pressing assault charges. A woman says she wants to press charges against protesters at a gay marriage rally last week in …

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.

Whoopi Goldberg opened The View today by recapping her experience at last night’s protest in NYC. And of course, Elizabeth Hasselbeck jumps in to say that gays are expressing prejudice against religion.

Here’s the clip from Eric Leven. And this clip is from the NYC LGBT Center.

NYC’s first marriage equality rally/protest was a smashing success as a crowd estimated at 10,000 – 15,000 jammed the plaza across from the Manhattan Mormon Temple before taking over Broadway and marching to Columbus Circle. Major celebrities showed their support, dozens of television crews did interviews, news helicopters hovered overhead, and in general it was just an overwhelming show of …

Levi’s sends us this excellent Prop 8 graphic created by their Executive Director of Overall Daddy Hotness, Len Peltier (right), which plays off of Robert Indiana’s iconic LOVE sculpture. Peltier’s image is perfect for your Prop 8 protest posters and Levi’s invites you to “use it and pass it around.”

Tonight is NYC’s first Prop 8 protest, which will be held at the Mormon temple on the Upper West Side at W.65th and Columbus Avenue at 6:30PM. It looks to be major. Who’s down? UPDATE: Eric Leven has this shot of last night’s sign making party at the NYC LGBT Center. I see couple of our JMG peeps there. Andy …

On Saturday there will be a Prop 8 protest march in DC from the steps of the U.S. Capitol to the White House. Numerous other marches will take place across the country. Via Facebook: This is not a California issue. This is an issue of equality across America. Stand up and make your voice heard. Join us in DC on …