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In San Francisco over the weekend, a massive protest against Proposition 8 marched down Marker St, disrupting weekend traffic and shoppers.  Thousands of people came out to support the LGBT community; it was a healthy showing of people of all walks of life vocally speaking out against an unjust law. 

This protest had many admirable characteristics.  First off, there was no police lining the edges of the streets, creating a line between the observers and the participants.  Second, the cohesive nature of the protest, unlike most protests during the Bush years, this protest had an objective and a goal.  No discombobulating, no straying from the topics, no post-modern breakdown.  Finally, the protest disrupted main roads.  I think of this in light of the protests I have attended in Chicago which always fail to make it onto Michigan Avenue and State Street.  The People of the US can learn a lesson from the organizers of this movement.

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