New York City Gay Activists Plan Marriage Equality Civil Disobedience
- www.passportmagazine.com Feb 10, 2010
The NYC-based group Queer Rising is promising a “significant act” of civil disobedience in front of the New York City Marriage Bureau office on Friday morning from 8-10 A.M., according to their Facebook.
The action will include, “A gathering of same-sex marriage equality proponents for a press conference and rally in the park opposite the bureau; The application – and subsequent rejection – of several same-sex couples hoping to obtain a marriage license inside of the bureau; The application – a subsequent approval – of a lesbian and gay man, whom according to New York State law may legally marry each other, for a marriage license; and a significant act of civil disobedience to rival the lunch-counter sit-ins of the 1960s, in which black Americans asserted their rights of equal treatment by society at large.”
To see the video and visit the Facebook page for this event, go here
