San Mateo County Community Leaders Urge
NO on Prop 8
Clergy, labor, education, and community leaders across
San Mateo County rally for equality by opposing Proposition 8
WHAT: Community leaders from across San Mateo will come together to express their shared opposition to Proposition 8, the initiative on the California ballot that would eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry. These leaders represent many diverse interests, viewpoints, and cultural histories, yet their perspectives converge when it comes to a shared belief in the need to protect right of every Californian to marry the person they love. Speakers will touch on the meaning of freedom and equality in relation to love and family.
WHERE: Old Courthouse Square (2200 Broadway Street) Redwood City
WHEN: 10 AM, Thursday, October 16, 2008
WHO: Rich Gordon, San Mateo County Supervisor
Unitarian Universalist Reverend Vail Weller
Dave Pine, Trustee of the San Mateo Union High School District
Shelley Kessler, San Mateo County Central Labor Council
Amanda Gelender, Stanford Student and STAMP (Stanford Theater Activist Mobilization Project) Founder
Laurie Carter, PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
Background: Proposition 8 would eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry in California, inscribing language into our state constitution to allow discrimination against a single minority group.
Interviews with speakers and guests available before and after the event.
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