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Roanoke Equality Rally
40th Anniversary of the Stonewall riots
Downtown Roanoke
June 28, 2009

The GLBTQ community all over the world  including the United States celebrated the 40 th anniversary of the Stonewall riots this weekend. 

History of the Stone Wall Riots

The Stonewall Riots were an outbreak of violent protest against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969. The riots broke out at a popular gay bar in Greenwich Village, New York. This is often known as the first time in American history gay and lesbians fought back in response to homosexual persecution. The Stonewall riots marked the start of the modern gay rights movement in the United States and around the world.

Celebration in Downtown Roanoke Virginia

There was gathering In Elmwood Park that included several speakers. The event had a  small to medium crowd. Yet, the enthusiasm and energy generated from the speakers and attendees made this nothing less than a powerful event.

Speakers included: 
Frank House
 John Edwards, Virginia Senator
Rev.Joe Cobb, MCC 
Brenda Hall, NAACP
Rev. Stephen Stanley, Christ Episcopal Church

Favorite Quotes from the speakers:

Frank House:
I feel betrayed by my own country
wrong to read the bible incompletely
Love, equality, and diversity woven
 into my own bible
questions the morality of the government
DOMA should be appealed now

Virginia Senator John Edwards:
calls for equality
Obama election proved our image around the world cannot be under estimated
Virginia is changing and Virginia is diverse
I feel Don't ask Don't tell will soon fall by the wayside
the commonwealth has to live up to the standards of Thomas Jefferson
society excepts all of humanity

Brenda Hale, NAACP
no citizen should ever be considered inferior


rise in the name of Love
Brenda Hale, NAACP
John Edwards, Virginia Sentor
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