tales of clinic protestors, and june's charity

i had a busy day on saturday: i woke up early to go volunteer at the clinic, and then went straight from there to my pole studio, where i work a few hours a week at the front desk. it had been an interesting morning at the clinic - i was amusing myself by surreptitiously posting twitpics of the protestors, and we were treated to a shockingly rage-filled outburst by this guy, who i like to call Ebigeezer:he was standing in the driveway talking to another protestor, which is actually illegal since it's blocking access to the clinic. this sweet maybe-20-year-old college student who was also volunteering that day approached them and asked them to move back onto the sidewalk, at which point ebigeezer rounded on her and positively SNARLED, shouting - and this is 100% verbatim - "YOU SHUT UP, YOU FILTHY BITCH! YOU GO TO HELL, AND YOU STAY THERE!!"

aw, aren't old people just the darndest? we agreed that it was probably what jesus would have said in that situation, too.

in any event, as i drove away toward the studio, i was tickled by the combination of my morning's activities, and what ebigeezer and his friends would no doubt think of them:

and then several people replied back with similar AWESOME SUGGESTIONS:

freaking awesome. and since i can't actually marry a girl (a. because i'm straight, and b. because even if i wanted to, it's not currently legal in virginia) i decided to do the next best thing: donate to an organization that IS helping girls marry other girls.

i've donated to the courage campaign in the past, as well as directly to the "no on prop 8" campaign last year. i feel INCREDIBLY strongly that marriage should be for EVERYONE, and it makes me furious that people whose lives are NOT AT ALL AFFECTED by whether 2 men or 2 women make a life together get to deny that right to others.

so on saturday, i made a new donation to the courage campaign, and today i made a donation to the local pflag chapter as well.

if you'd like to donate to either group, you can donate to the courage campaign here or pflag (national chapter) here.

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previous charities, if you're interested in donating:
the red cross
planned parenthood
providence house (via cleveland's a plum)
inveneo
patriot guard riders
make a wish foundation