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COUPLE MARCHING THROUGH CALIFORNIA TO REVOKE PROP 8 ARRIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO; RALLY PLANNED AT SUPREME COURT
San Francisco, Friday, December 19th, 12 noon - Valerie Paget and Tracie Jones, a Los Angeles couple affected by the passage of Proposition 8, will arrive in San Francisco culminating a 450 mile march through California to demonstrate their conviction that the California Supreme Court should revoke Prop 8. People are invited to join the couple at Market and Castro at 11:00 am to walk the final miles to the steps of San Francisco City Hall at noon for a short rally with a march to the steps of the California Supreme Court to follow.
December 19 is the deadline for our opponents to file their briefs in the historic Supreme Court case that will decide the constitutionality of Prop 8.
Valerie and Tracie began their march in West Hollywood Park, Los Angeles, on November 18. As they marched, they carried their message through every community along their route from Los Angeles to San Francisco, collecting signatures, rallying communities, and gathering personal letters and video testimonies from Californians to bring to the courthouse.
"We will carry the demands for full equality from our streets to the steps of the California Supreme Court," said Valerie Paget. “We have traveled the extra mile in support of marriage equality and hope that the California Supreme Court Justices will also go the extra mile to ensure equality and equal protections are safeguarded for all Californians.”
“We will gather to celebrate and welcome Tracie and Valerie as they complete the final leg of their journey,” said McKay. “They have literally walked their talk, spoken to hundreds of people about the impact of marriage discrimination and put a human face to the issue of marriage equality which is the key to securing support. We must continue to advocate in the court of public opinion while we await the California Supreme Court’s ruling on Proposition 8. While our lives hang in the balance, we must re-new our efforts to keep hope alive in California.”
"Valerie and Tracie's march across California has helped to sustain the people-powered movement for marriage equality that we've seen in our communities," said Rick Jacobs of the Courage Campaign. Valerie and Tracie have gathered signatures in support of the Courage Campaign’s pledge signed by over 300,000 people to date.
Valerie and Tracie blogged their experiences along this historic 450-mile, five week march for equal rights at www.Revoke8.blogspot.com.
ABOUT Tracie & Valerie - Valerie and Tracie met in 1998 while working at a group home for disadvantaged children. They soon fell in love and exchanged wedding rings. They filed for Domestic Partnership in 2001 to ensure some basic legal recognition and protection. Then, on their 10-year anniversary, in April 2008, they were married in Vancouver, Canada.
On May 15th, the California Supreme Court ruled that marriage between same sex couples is protected by our state constitution, declaring Tracie and Valerie’s marriage valid and recognized by the state of California. Immediately, the threat of Prop 8 became apparent. On May 18th, the couple began working in their community to defeat Prop 8, donating their time through Election Day.
Although devastated by the passage of Prop 8, which invalidates their marriage in California, Valerie and Tracie are inspired by the groundswell of protest against Prop 8. With the status of their own marriage hanging in the balance, they have vowed to fight this discrimination and continue the battle for equal rights. Taking leaves of absence from their jobs, they set out to bring the message of Equal Rights all the way to the State Supreme Courthouse in San Francisco …on foot.
December 19 is the deadline for our opponents to file their briefs in the historic Supreme Court case that will decide the constitutionality of Prop 8.
Valerie and Tracie began their march in West Hollywood Park, Los Angeles, on November 18. As they marched, they carried their message through every community along their route from Los Angeles to San Francisco, collecting signatures, rallying communities, and gathering personal letters and video testimonies from Californians to bring to the courthouse.
"We will carry the demands for full equality from our streets to the steps of the California Supreme Court," said Valerie Paget. “We have traveled the extra mile in support of marriage equality and hope that the California Supreme Court Justices will also go the extra mile to ensure equality and equal protections are safeguarded for all Californians.”
“We will gather to celebrate and welcome Tracie and Valerie as they complete the final leg of their journey,” said McKay. “They have literally walked their talk, spoken to hundreds of people about the impact of marriage discrimination and put a human face to the issue of marriage equality which is the key to securing support. We must continue to advocate in the court of public opinion while we await the California Supreme Court’s ruling on Proposition 8. While our lives hang in the balance, we must re-new our efforts to keep hope alive in California.”
"Valerie and Tracie's march across California has helped to sustain the people-powered movement for marriage equality that we've seen in our communities," said Rick Jacobs of the Courage Campaign. Valerie and Tracie have gathered signatures in support of the Courage Campaign’s pledge signed by over 300,000 people to date.
Valerie and Tracie blogged their experiences along this historic 450-mile, five week march for equal rights at www.Revoke8.blogspot.com.
ABOUT Tracie & Valerie - Valerie and Tracie met in 1998 while working at a group home for disadvantaged children. They soon fell in love and exchanged wedding rings. They filed for Domestic Partnership in 2001 to ensure some basic legal recognition and protection. Then, on their 10-year anniversary, in April 2008, they were married in Vancouver, Canada.
On May 15th, the California Supreme Court ruled that marriage between same sex couples is protected by our state constitution, declaring Tracie and Valerie’s marriage valid and recognized by the state of California. Immediately, the threat of Prop 8 became apparent. On May 18th, the couple began working in their community to defeat Prop 8, donating their time through Election Day.
Although devastated by the passage of Prop 8, which invalidates their marriage in California, Valerie and Tracie are inspired by the groundswell of protest against Prop 8. With the status of their own marriage hanging in the balance, they have vowed to fight this discrimination and continue the battle for equal rights. Taking leaves of absence from their jobs, they set out to bring the message of Equal Rights all the way to the State Supreme Courthouse in San Francisco …on foot.
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