Saturday, July 16, 2011

Support Gay Marriage Equality - Pier A Park Sunday July 24th at 2:00pm

Here is a an upcoming event in Hoboken if you support gay marriage. July 24th will be the first day of gay marriage in New York City so Garden Sate Equality (http://www.gardenstateequality.org/) and Lambda Legal are putting on this event at Hoboken's very own Pier A Park at 2pm. Here is their press release below:


New Jersey's Marriage Equality Rally
on Sunday, July 24, New York marriage day

Sunday, 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 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 email, please forward it to your family, friends, colleagues and list servs.

Directions for those out of town:

By PATH and 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.

If you have a GPS or are using 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 from all of us at Garden State Equality and Lambda Legal. ◦
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