When I arrived, bang on 12.30, there were about 300 people already milling around, many of them wearing red (as suggested on the rally poster). 'Not a bad turn out for a Sunday' I thought to myself. By the time the speeches began at 12.45, the crowd had grown to almost 1,000, while by the time we marched down Bourke Street there were 2,000 people present.
Highlights included a speech by Baptist priest, on behalf of a coalition of Christian ministers who support same-sex relationships; the mass committment ceremony on the steps of Parliament (the love shining from the eyes of the 55 couples present was beautiful, and brought tears to my eyes as I watched); and the number of straight people present - friends and family members who were present to show their love and support for their queer comrades and relations.And of course, it being an election year, the politicians and political candidates were out in force, including Greens, Democrats and the two major parties.
Smaller crowds attended similar rallies held simultaneously around the country, including Thanks to Alistair Popple for the photos; I so have to get my own digital camera!
3 comments:
Fantastic that so many showed their support. Looks like it was a great day.
On the subject of cameras, we bought a really good one on the weekend from Ted's, 5.1 megapixel with motion and it was only 199 bucks. well worth it.
On another note, for the queer films to see before you die, have you seen The Fruit MAchine, it was a late eighties british production and had Robbie Coltrane as a drag act called annabelle. Was about two teenagers falling in love and on the run from a killer around Brighton. One of the young actors is the brother of Craig Charles from Red Dwarf.
Wow, sounds like a mini-pride. Minus the trappings of pride tho. Nice
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