[van-announce] Anti Anti-Homo Rally

[QUAK]

Queers United Against Kapitalism would like to invite all homos and 
allies to come out and counter demo homophobes.

Saturday, August 16, 2003
10am - 12:30pm
Supreme Court of BC (800 Smithe St.)

The Canadian Alliance (for Social Justice and Family Values 
Association) is having a right wing hate in.  (Their call-out is 
included below)

Come out and tell the right to go to hell....

Sodomites Against The Religious Right!

QUAK

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Here are the details from the Canadian Alliance for Social Justice and
Family Values Association website at http://www.bcptl.org/events.htm:

To    :   All British Columbians

There has been a large public outcry regarding the federal
government’s
attempts to redefine Marriage and to amend the hate crime law, by 
including
in the criminal law, the undefined term "sexual orientation" through 
Bill
C-250.  This proposed bill would, in essence, silence any opposition to
homosexual behavior. The federal Liberals, Progressive Conservatives, 
New
Democrats and Bloc Quebecois Members of Parliament could easily pass
legislation on these critical issues when Parliament re-opens in 
September.
This is the last opportunity for the vast majority of Canadians to voice
their concerns about these critical issues that will adversely affect 
our
country for generations to come.

The Canadian Alliance for Social Justice and Family Values Association 
will
be holding a rally to oppose Bill C-250 and to uphold the present
definition of Marriage as being between a man and a woman. We urge all
pastors and organizations to help make this opportunity available to all
concerned British Columbians through church bulletins and sharing of
information.  The details of the rally are as follows :

Date: Saturday, August 16, 2003
Time: 10:00 am 12:30 pm
Location: Outside the Supreme Court of B.C. building at 800 Smithe 
Street,
Vancouver

If you expect a large turnout from your church, we would appreciate 
knowing
in advance the approximate numbers so we can make appropriate 
arrangements.
  Please appoint at least one marshal for each 30 participants (for the
purpose of crowd control), and fax the name and tel. # of the marshal 
(s)
to us as soon as possible.

We encourage all Canadians to make their concerns known to their MPs as
well as to take this opportunity to physically attend the Rally to send 
a
clear message to our politicians and judges that Canadians expect 
nothing
less than democracy on such vital issues.

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