by PegNews wire

Peaceful protest will take place at 12:30 p.m. near Dallas City Hall.

DALLAS — Since November 4, 2008, tens of thousands of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community members and their supporters have taken to the streets throughout California to show their outrage at the passage of California Proposition 8, which revokes the right of same-sex couples to marry. Similar discriminatory legislation was passed in Arizona, Arkansas, and Florida, and in response the nationwide LGBT community and its supporters are stepping forward to protest the treatment of LGBT Americans as second-class citizens and to fight for equal rights for all Americans. In a statement released on November 4, the No on 8 Campaign declared, "Victory was not ours today. But the struggle for equality is not over."

On Saturday November 15, Americans of all sexual orientations – members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer communities, Trans and Intersex people, and their straight allies – will turn out across America to participate in what could be the largest organized protest movement since the Civil Rights Era. To date, more than 250,000 people have pledged to take part in the nationwide event in front of America's city halls, state capitols, and the nation's Capitol Building to make their voices heard. The protest in Dallas will take place at 12:30 PM near Dallas City Hall at 1500 Marilla Street.

The organizers of this nationwide event, including the event to be held in Washington, DC, have stressed that it, like the protests that have taken place over the last week, will be peaceful.

Source: No on 8 Campaign

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