Hours before Russia was to host the finals of Eurovision 2009, authorities arrested at least forty participants who had gathered to protest the abysmal state of gay rights in the country before the rally itself could begin. Employing excessive force, the city once again embarrassed itself, and offering another reminder how little has changed in a country famously known for its abuse of civil rights, and suffocation of any progress.
Tomorrow, Sunday, May 17th, if you are in or around the New York City area, Broadway Impact is hosting an Action=Marriage Equality rally from 5:00PM to 7:00PM, at the corner of 6th Avenue and 42 Street. Among those scheduled to appear are Cheyenne Jackson, Cynthia Nixon, Senator Tom Duane, Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell, and City Speaker Christine Quinn, in addition to the cast of Hair. For more information on tomorrow, and on the work done by Broadway Impact, you can click here.
A Gallup Poll released shows a “significant shift” in the number of Americans who identify as pro-choice, but the poll, trumpeted as the first time in fifteen years the majority of those questioned see themselves as opposed to abortion, is a tad misleading, which the fine folk at FiveThirtyEight.com can explain better than I, but as the Washington Post points out, the issue of abortion as a lead question by Republicans to whomever President Obama nominates is likely to place second behind queries on gay marriage.
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