Those Bay area Floridians still incensed that the gay marriage-banning Amendment 2 passed back on Election Day - arguably injecting fundamentalist religious dogma directly into our state's very constitution - will have a couple of chances to voice their displeasure this weekend.

"Shame on 2" rallies will be held in both Tampa and St. Pete tomorrow, Saturday, November 15. The Tampa rally takes place downtown, in front of the Joe Chillura Courthouse (across from the Hillsborough County Courthouse); the St. Pete rally happens at Mirror Lake Park, at the corner of 1st Ave. N. and 6th St. N. Both events are scheduled to being at 1:30 p.m.

EDITORIAL: Look, even if your feelings toward gay marriage are ambivalent or even leaning against, do you really want one group of folks writing their own opinions into law? What's next? This ain't about whether two consenting adults who love each other should be allowed the same rights as every other couple (of course they should, though, derf, what do you care, you'll be divorced in four years anyway, sanctity my pale white ass) - it's about freedom.

All right, enough with the soapbox. FULL RELEASEAGE:

"Shame on 2 Rally - Join The Impact Tampa Bay & St Petersburg"

 Frustrated and Disillusioned Fair-Minded Floridians who opposed Amendment 2, will be holding a "Shame On 2 Rally." Voters may have succeeded in enshrining religious beliefs into our states constitution. However, promises were made that existing domestic partners benefits and rights of heterosexual and same-gender couples would not be stripped away. Our presence at the rally will serve to remind voters of these promises and they must be kept. "We Will No Go Quietly Into That Good-Night" nor allow Florida to follow in the steps of Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin, where broken promises cost their citizens benefits and rights.

 In a country that prides itself as defenders of equal civil and human rights for people around the world. It's shameless it condones a small majority of citizens, solely based on their personal religious belief, to dictate laws that could adversely effect benefits, protections and rights for a minority or group of people. Passage of Florida's Amendment 2, Arizona's Prop 102 and California's Prop 8  delegates Gay and Lesbian Americans to Second Class Citizenship.

 Tampa Bay and Pinellas County will coincide with rallies being held in our sisters cites of Jacksonville, Lake Worth, Miami Beach, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Tallahassee, Panama City and Pensacola. All are apart of Join The Impact National Day of Action. A day when citizens from across the country will stand united in solidarity of our strong opposition to Amendment 2, and Propitiations 102 and 8. We refuse to allow there mean-spirited religiously backed attacks on the equal civil rights of gay and lesbian citizens go unchallenged without have our voices heard.

TAMPA

DATE: Saturday, November 15th.

TIME: 1:30 - 3:30 P.M.

LOCATION: Joe Chillura Courthouse Square at the Corners of Morgan, Kennedy, Pierce & Madison (Across the street from Hillsborough County Center & Court House, 610 E. Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, Florida 33602)

ST. PETERSBURG

DATE: Saturday, November 15th.

TIME: 1:30 - 3:30 P.M.

LOCATION: Mirror Lake Park at the Corner of 1st Avenue N. and 6th. Street N.

List of cities participating in the "Join The Impact National Day of Action in Florida" http://jointheimpact.wetpaint.com/.