Posted on 05/09/2012 7:55:46 AM PDT by kevcol
A group of seventy-five to 100 people staged an impromptu march against Amendment One downtown early Wednesday morning. Starting spontaneously just hours after the people of North Carolina voted to amend the state's constitution to ensure that marriage between one man and one woman will be the state's only legal domestic union, the march at times bordered on becoming a riot. Protesters chanted obscene slogans and threw firecrackers, encouraging bar patrons to join them as they marched through the streets, ending up at the Vance Monument, where the march began. Despite its rowdiness, the march remained peaceful.
After blocking the streets for much of their progress, the protesters quickly dispersed to the sidewalks when several Asheville Police Department cars arrived after about twenty minutes. A few demonstrators waited for the close approach of police, apparently to see what the reaction would be. The only officer who came to speak to the group was very polite and professional. He asked if there was something they needed from the police, and what their further plans were. The protesters were also polite and told him, no, we have already done it.
After that the group crossed to the Vance Monument. Several brief speeches were given and protesters vowed to turn their anger into action to overturn Amendment One.
what would Old Hickory think?
They are perverts and need to accept that fact, just as most of the planet believe!
WE! ARE! THE 98 PERCENT!
Except for the noise, everything was quiet.
Asheville is one of the lib looney sections of NC....Sounds more like a bar full of drunk homo’s angry about the way the vote turned out......(Now Imagine a fine evening in November when Barry gets voted out and THOUSANDS of drunk angry libs riot)
A few fancy Ashevillr as an Appalachian Berkeley. Pretty weak beer, imo.
Congratulation to North Carolina and welcome back to the real world.
Barak and Harry will be very sad today.
Asheville, NC is a beautiful city but it is one of their cities just as much as San Francisco. They are more than two percent there. The surrounding counties have more genuine mountain people and less struggling entertainment biz wannabees who are only successful in spoiling an otherwise great city.
The only reason Dems support same sex marriage ,is that it’s part of their population control plans
This is not the Asheville in which I grew up. Very sad. The coming of UNC-A was the beginning of the artsy migration - along with the halfbacks.
They lost. Too bad. So sad.
Except for the noise, everything was quiet.
Except for the march, it looked like a party.
Sounds about like Johnson City, TN. Sad how the queers mess up such beautiful areas.
Yeah I understand zero was “disappointed” in the Old North State. I am glad I was able to contribute to that disappointment.
To the marchers: sit down and shut up.
So glad I don’t live there anymore.
Sounds like they were all in the gay bars crying in their beer and decided to go for a walk.
What a pack of losers.
Funny though the fact that it took police 20 minutes to get there.
When seconds count police are only minutes away.
I’d always wanted to visit Asheville, but when I finally did a few years ago, I was so massively disappointed. Had no idea what it had turned into. I was expecting a bit of americana, with all the old downtown buildings and such (I love old buildings). Instead it was just an endless slew of fags and bums all over the place. After an hour, I just gave up, got back in my car and drove off and left.
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