This week, my local Yahoo groups and Facebook networks have been buzzing with news about today's No on 8 protest at the Mormon Temple in Oakland. I decided to stay home. Here's why.



I understand that many of us (including me) are in mourning right now; something important was taken away from us. Some of the stages of mourning include grief, then anger, then action. That's why I thought that the progression from Wednesday's candlelight vigil at San Francisco City Hall, to Friday's… Continue

About two blocks away from the start of the march, I had to step into the street to keep walking toward the friends I was meeting -- the sidewalks were so crowded with people that there was no room to pass. Friday's No on 8 protest was the biggest march that I can remember since the anti-war marches in 2003.



My friend Scott said, "I remember standing under the rainbow flag in the Castro, and could still see a full crowd in the street all the way to Van Ness." Bevan Dufty estimated… Continue