Student protest of 8 continues
Rally marches through Old Union, Tresidder, Bookstore
More than a week after California voters passed Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage, Stanford students showed they were not yet ready to back down in the fight over the right of same-sex couples to wed. Students demonstrated on campus Friday, and several joined Saturday’s nationwide rallies.
On Friday at noon, a group of about 30 students organized in White Plaza and marched around campus to voice the concerns of the LGBT community, specifically focusing on the troubles of queer youth. Dressed in black, demonstrators staged performances across campus to portray the negative messages associated with propositions that banned gay marriage in California, Arizona and Florida last Tuesday.
“One in three queer and questioning youth attempt suicide,” activist and organizer Laura Wadden ‘09 said over a megaphone. “What messages are we sending our children?”..........
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