Who knew that Gothamist had so many bigots, hatemonger, vandals, heterophobes, and followers of Harry Hay, the pedophile, NAMBLA founder of the National Gay Liberation movement.

your blindness Gregoire is that you think this is a slamdunk, it is not.

Where are all these bigots, weirdos and outright homophobes coming from? Who knew this was the Gothamist readership?

See the article in the time re: the roll of the Mormon church in prop 8? Gives you some idea of why people are directing their energy there- not that you'll understand but here ya go:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/15/us/politics/15marriage.html?hp

Ides, please stop being a bigot. Thanks.

#it is not about equality, it is about forcing their beliefs unto us. Since when did a Gay person have to sit in the back of the bus or have to use separate facilities? What a joke, and that is why the blacks would skin the asses raw for playing the civil card. Second class citizens? they have more privilege than straight, this whole city has programs for gays and HIV infected people.

#16 "What is being protested? Only to have the same rights as everyone else. No more. No less."

They do have the same rights as everyone else.

They chose not to exercize these rights because they don't happen to suit their particular lifestyle choice.

They're protesting because they've been inconvenienced not because they've been denied rights.

@#17, I doubt the gays will miss your finger.

I have to protest, the protest, and the Mormons, aaaannnnnnnnddddd prop 8 and prop Joe, what up bird!!

#12: Oh, I'm sorry, you have your feeling hurt sometimes. That's much worse than not being an equal citizen.

The Mormon retreat on Proposition 8 is very revealing! The Mormon vote may indeed have only been 2% of California voters…and Hitler and Osama Bin Laden are only 2 people in the world’s history – hate has a monumental impact!

Mormon’s and Catholic’s – how does it feel to be part of a persecuted minority?

I supported equal civil unions, but after that attacks against the Mormon church and the intolerable remarks, I can't stand gays. I won't never lift a finger to support any of your causes in the future, not even equal civil unions.

Wow - where do I begin? Let's start with the idea of protest itself. Whose cause does protest not advance? Did it not advance the cause of the American Colonial Revolutionaries? Did it not advance the cause against slavery? Did it not advance the cause of women gaining the right to vote? Did it not advance the cause of blacks gaining their civil rights? This country was founded on the twin pillars of the right to protest and idea that peaceful protest has the capacity to cause great change.

What is being protested? Only to have the same rights as everyone else. No more. No less. This isn't about forcing religious institutions to marry same sex couples - this is about granting everyone the same civil rights. When a couple marries, they are granted literally hundreds of rights by the state and federal governments. Gays only want those same rights to declare their committed relationships and be recognized by the state.

Let's go on... the protest tomorrow is one of several 100 protests around the country - every single state will have AT LEAST 2 protests at the same time (1:30 EST, 10:30PST), and most of the protests will be city halls, because they are most often the most visible places in town, as well as the symbol of government. Of course NY City Hall is not the object of the protest (especially on a Saturday), but with 100's of protests across the nation this is part of building national momentum for a cause that is just, a cause that is right, and a cause that is overdue.

When do they protest in front of black churches?

The best part is that all these religious zealots die and...black. Nothing. Total nothingness.

#12, once again, THERIOUTHLY?

When I was in Los Angeles, I was with an old friend I knew from a few years previously and when her and her lesbian pals were talking about sex, they were making fun of how I could get pregnant and have to get an abortion while they were perfectly safe and loads of other irrational crap.

#11 Indeed. Gay people NEVER mock straight people.

If anyone is unsure about the need for these protests, just read these comments.

I have been just informed via a knock on my door that my previous post using the word ("HOMO") is not acceptable to the new agenda of the president elect and will have to go with the nice men in black for a debriefing on social communication in the new era of Obama, please wish me luck and tell my family i love them ........

Now Heilsja, that is not a nice term ("HOMO").. Obama would not want you to use harsh terms like that..Try to soften it to something like "The GAYS" or "The Happy People" this will make Obama happy.

Would somebody please direct these lunatics to the Iranian consulate so they can protest Iran's official policy of putting homosexuals to death. Oh wait, that doesn't serve the socialist agenda, nevermind.