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DESCRIPTION:WEDNESDAY MARCH 4, 2009\n6:30-8:00PM\nSANTA CRUZ CLOCK TOWER\n\nPlease join 
 us at the clock tower on the evening before the CA Supreme Court hears 
 arguments as to why Proposition 8 should be repealed.\n\nWe invite everyone 
 who is in support of Marriage Equality to bring candles to shine our light 
 toward Love and Justice!\n\nWe will peacefully march down Pacific Ave to 
 Cathcart and back to the Clock Tower for a Moment of Silence in honor of 
 EQUAL LOVE FOR ALL.\n\nThis event is sponsored by the Equality Action 
 Project (formerly the Santa Cruz County No on Prop 8 campaign) and 
 co-sponsored by The Diversity Center and The GLBT Alliance of Santa Cruz 
 County\n\nPlease contact Labris Willendorf with questions, or to help, 
 at\nlabrisw@gmail.com\n\n-----\n\nWednesday, March 4 is the day before the 
 California Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the validity of Prop 8. 
 That evening, we’ll stand together and send a unified message to our 
 fellow Californians, including the Supreme Court Justices, that individual 
 liberties like the right to marry are guaranteed by the Constitution to 
 everyone and cannot be stripped away at the ballot box by a bare majority. 
 Just as important, we will give our love and support to all the families 
 headed by same-sex couples who are threatened by the recent electoral 
 outcome, as well as same-sex couples whose hopes and dreams of marriage and 
 family have been frustrated by enactment of Prop 8.\n\nTo read the parties' 
 filings and the dozens of amicus 'friend of the court' briefs filed on 
 behalf of Civil Rights Organizations, Bar Associations, Academics, Women's 
 Groups, Faith and Religious Groups, and many others go to 
 http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/supreme/highprofile/prop8.htm\n\nMarch 
 5th - Supreme Court Oral Argument Hearing 9am to noon.\n\nTelevision 
 viewing: 
 http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/supreme/highprofile/prop8viewing.htm\n\nLocal 
 Public Viewings: Check your local city for viewing locations as they become 
 available.\n\nEquality should not be put up for a popular vote.\n    \n• 
 Prop 8 is a radical and unprecedented change to the California Constitution 
 that puts all Californians at risk.\n    \n• Prop 8 defeats the very 
 purpose of our constitution, which is to protect minorities and to make 
 sure the law treats everyone equally.\n    \n• This is the first time the 
 initiative process has successfully been used to change the California 
 Constitution to take away a fundamental freedom from a particular group and 
 to mandate government discrimination against a minority.\n    \n• If prop 
 8 is upheld, the courts will no longer have a meaningful role in protecting 
 minority groups or women, since any decision prohibiting discrimination 
 could be reversed by a simple majority.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/03/02/18574683.php
SUMMARY:March Forth for Justice on March 4
LOCATION:Clock Tower in Santa Cruz\nPacific and Water
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/03/02/18574683.php
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