This week Kip Williams, the Director of Equality Across America, announced that final decisions have been made. "The Equality Across America Web site points at some particular legislative issues, but that is not the agenda or the demand of the march," said Williams.
In particular, he says, participants won't be marching for marriage equality, repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on gays serving openly in the military, or the proposed federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
Instead, the focus will be on achieving full equality under civil law.
If you're planning on attending, then, organizers ask that you please refrain from carrying any signs that say you want to get married, serve in the military, or think it's wrong that you can be fired because you're gay. Instead, maybe write something like "I don't want to get married if I can't adopt a crack baby!" or "Today, stop the bullying in our schools! Tomorrow, maybe do something else!"
Plus, there are plenty of activities planned. While we're standing around on the Mall, perhaps we'll work on the landscaping. If the weather is warm maybe we'll doff our shirts and cruise for a while. As always with gay protests, the chants will be a highlight. I'm thinking this year we could do something like, "We're here; we're queer; actually, we were looking for a Starbucks."
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