Scenes from the Protest Redux

Our correspondent for yesterday's anti-Prop 8 protest at Dallas City Hall had last-minute business to attend to, but plenty of folks among the thousand-plus on hand captured the event for the YouTubes. Probably the best of the video lot comes courtesy TreyCruz.com, where there's but the slightest hint of disappointment...

By Robert Wilonsky

November 16, 2008

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Our correspondent for yesterday's anti-Prop 8 protest at Dallas City Hall had last-minute business to attend to, but plenty of folks among the thousand-plus on hand captured the event for the YouTubes. Probably the best of the video lot comes courtesy TreyCruz.com, where there's but the slightest hint of disappointment at the turnout: "We really expected a larger turn-out considering the masses of people that attends the Pride Parade and the Halloween Block Party, but the number of protesters were around a mere 1,000." Alas, notes Dallas Voice's John Wright, it's all about context: "One longtime local activist, Louise Young, told me it was the largest LGBT equality demonstration in Dallas since at least the 1980s." --Robert Wilonsky

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