NJ Rally for Marriage Equality - July 24
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wwcitizenSunday, July 24th is the first day same-sex couples in New York will marry.
On Sunday, July 24th at 2:00 pm at Pier A Park in Hoboken, New Jersey - a symbolic location just half a mile from New York - Garden State Equality and Lambda Legal will hold a rally for marriage equality by the Manhattan skyline. Please join us and bring your family and friends to send the world (and Governor Christie!!) a message: New Jersey must be next.
Several notables will be there, including our host, Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer. This will be open mike: You will get a chance to speak to the world. You will also meet couples in the new lawsuit for marriage equality.
If you have an EQUALITY The American Dream t-shirt, please wear it. If you'd like to bring a homemade sign with whatever slogan you'd like, please bring it. If you are reading this [message], please [send] it to your family, friends, and colleagues.
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT DIRECTIONS - please read:
By PATH & NJ Transit: Pier A Park is adjacent to the Hoboken train station, Hoboken Terminal. When you exit, you'll see Garden State Equality volunteers.
By car: Drive to the parking garage on Second Street between River Street and Sinatra Drive. The garage is across the street from Pier A Park and is $6 for two hours.
With GPS or web directions: Plug in 120 Sinatra Drive, Hoboken. When you get there, make a left on Second Street to the garage. You'll see Garden State Equality volunteers.
Thanks [conveyed] from [everyone] at Garden State Equality and Lambda Legal.
Garden State Equality is New Jersey's largest civil rights organization, winning 212 LGBT civil rights laws at the state, county and local levels – a national record. The laws include America's strongest and most inclusive laws to combat discrimination, hate crimes and school bullying, as well as America's strongest transgender equality law.
Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.
On Sunday, July 24th at 2:00 pm at Pier A Park in Hoboken, New Jersey - a symbolic location just half a mile from New York - Garden State Equality and Lambda Legal will hold a rally for marriage equality by the Manhattan skyline. Please join us and bring your family and friends to send the world (and Governor Christie!!) a message: New Jersey must be next.
Several notables will be there, including our host, Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer. This will be open mike: You will get a chance to speak to the world. You will also meet couples in the new lawsuit for marriage equality.
If you have an EQUALITY The American Dream t-shirt, please wear it. If you'd like to bring a homemade sign with whatever slogan you'd like, please bring it. If you are reading this [message], please [send] it to your family, friends, and colleagues.
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT DIRECTIONS - please read:
By PATH & NJ Transit: Pier A Park is adjacent to the Hoboken train station, Hoboken Terminal. When you exit, you'll see Garden State Equality volunteers.
By car: Drive to the parking garage on Second Street between River Street and Sinatra Drive. The garage is across the street from Pier A Park and is $6 for two hours.
With GPS or web directions: Plug in 120 Sinatra Drive, Hoboken. When you get there, make a left on Second Street to the garage. You'll see Garden State Equality volunteers.
Thanks [conveyed] from [everyone] at Garden State Equality and Lambda Legal.
Garden State Equality is New Jersey's largest civil rights organization, winning 212 LGBT civil rights laws at the state, county and local levels – a national record. The laws include America's strongest and most inclusive laws to combat discrimination, hate crimes and school bullying, as well as America's strongest transgender equality law.
Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.
