[RedQuill]

Nice turn out for a sunny Seattle Saturday. Singing, speeches, etc. Disruptive protesters in the stadium(maybe 100) left after being pretty much ignored by thousands. Speaker Dr. Joe Fuiten warned Washington judges against legislating from the bench, and organizer (former Seattle Seahawk) Rev. Ken Hutchenson encouraged heterosexuals to come out of the closet.

[Texas Eagle]

I applaud the management of Safeco field for allowing the rally to be held at their stadium. I know Seattle is one of the wackiest of left-wing wacko cities on the left coast so here's a hip-hip-hooray for Safeco Field.

[Travis McGee]

BTTT!

[CitizenUSA]

So what if people protest? Seriously, it doesn't matter one bit, because the courts will rule same-sex marriage is a right, just like abortion, regardless of what the citizens want. Additionally, if even one state allows gay marriage, the Constitution will ultimately force all of the other states to recognize it, even if they don't license gay marriages within their own boundaries. No federal law can protect traditional marriage in this case, because it will be trumped by the Constitution. It gets worse! Once gay marriage is recognized, it will be impossible IMHO for any government agency, like an adoption agency, to discriminate against it in any way. What can we do? A Constitutional amendment is nothing to those who make a profession out of perverting the Constitution every day of the year! It's like writing gun control laws and expecting criminals to follow them. Our only hope is to elect those who share our views!

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Pretty good turnout for this thing. Of course, ABC News (radio) pointed out that thousands of gay marriage supporters were outside protesting, and told us what their signs said.

[little jeremiah]

Homosexual Agenda Ping! Good news Alert - I wonder what the lamestream media says about it.

Hmmmm - thousands of good guys, a hundred idiots. What will the photos be of in the paper?

If would be really good if anyone finds out about these "gay" marriage protests before hand and announces the info on FR, then those of us in the area can attend!

Let me know if anyone wants on/off this pinglist.

[WOSG]

This is fantastic!

And an especially good idea to do it on May Day and ruin a famous day for the left. he he he... In Future We Should Make May 1 - MARRIAGE DAY.

[highlander_UW]

The local TV news was ridiculous in covering this. They said there was about 2500-3000 protesters outside and about three times that many on the other side of the issue inside Safeco stadium. This is simply a lie. The police said there were about 1500 outside protesting and the reports are 20,000-25,000 inside. I grew up with "new math" but even that poor background can determine that 1500 x 3 is not equal to 20,000-25,000. Furthermore, they only interviewed protesters and the "balanced" portion was to show an exchange between pro and con "debating" outside. They did ZERO to address the topic...but after all, this is Washington and they've already said they would honor any same sex marriages from elsewhere (our laws are too specific to allow the abuse Oregon is getting away with).

[ChadGore]

Mayday for Marriage ... I like the sound of that. This could be the start of something big.

[Bobby Chang]

It's time the Special Rights Wackos are restrained and sent properly to their places -- it is so low-class to push for an agenda a majority of Americans oppose but is favoured by just a few judges and Young Skulls Full of Mush who have been promoting this by either college, high schools, MTV family of networks, or other looney places.

I'm sick of them gaining special rights which hurt people. As Exxon Mobil says, special rights cause disunity.

[dan1123]

The pro-gay marriage protesters definitely are choosing sides here. I'd love to see their expressions when they die and find out it's not just fun and games...

(This was from the Seattle Times article)

[jmaroneps37]

Another issue that will not go away but will hang heavy around lurch's neck from now until November.

[Libertina]

Morning all! Great to see so many FReeprs in attendance. Any of you WA FReepers who haven't joined the Puget Sound Chapter, just FReepmail me and I'll get you signed up. We have a party coming May 22nd! PINGS!

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[Antoninus]

20 pro-homo protesters = huge news story

25,000 attend pro-marriage rally = not news.

Makes sense to me. /sarcasm

[lilylangtree]

Enjoyed reading about it. However, the paper made it sound like thousands of queers were out protesting the event. Sickened my stomach.

[zbigreddogz]

I love this headline. We get 25,000 attending the event, and 2000 protesters, and guess who gets the headline?

Oh well. 25/2 isn't that far off how large of a public opinion advantage we have on this. Unfortunately, the Courts don't care.

I have a feeling that this is gonna get worse before it gets better.