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Today’s rally 3:30pm Mountain time.
Scheduled 3:00 to 5:00
A bit smaller today, but still some(?) thousands. There is a large flat area up at the top, so people that can’t be seen in the photo. Lots of horn honking!
Denver, COMay 1, 2025
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WaterGirl
Thousands is a great turnout for Denver.
Were there any other rallies elsewhere today? Anybody else attend?
Matt McIrvin
There were rallies scheduled all over in the Boston area. I was at the one in Merrimac, Massachusetts, a small town and it was a small rally, about 100 people around the roundabout in the town square. I suspect a lot of us came over from Haverhill. It was a spirited crowd, more attempted chanting this time. Lots of supportive honkers. One snotnosed kid on a bike yelling “GO HOOOME!”
Probably the majority of the people there were over 50, as usual. One guy showed up with his bubble-making apparatus when he saw the crowd; hadn’t heard in advance that there was anything going on. There are more rallies this weekend but I don’t think I’m going to be able to attend.
Baud
Awesome.
schrodingers_cat
@WaterGirl: I answered your question in the earlier thread.
Miss Bianca
@WaterGirl: there was one in my little CO town. Not huge, but feisty. And a buncha olds (by which, of course, I mean, “slightly older than me”) saying, “Last time I did this was in the 70s”. :)
Redshift
I had signed up to go to one of the ones in DC (there we at least three) but I couldn’t get away from work. The organizers of the one I signed up for say they have a permit to be on the Mall 24 hours a day until August (and can renew it after that) , so they’re trying to recruit people to maintain a presence.
Baud
HopefullyNotcassandra
Looks like a beautiful day for a protest
Baud
Josie
OT: Oh joy! Our president has appointed Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick (ick) to lead a religious commission consisting of several good Christians.//
Why do I doubt that the purpose of the commission is the pursuit of religious liberty?
Baud
@Josie:
Makes sense.
munira
A friend and I went in Bellingham, WA. Somewhat smaller than the weekend protests, but it was a work day. Lots of enthusiasm though and the majority of cars that passed honked in support.
Baud
TS
@Baud: That was enjoyable – but was there really money in the budget for bonuses to ICE (almost $1 billion) – So people now have money on their heads?
TS
@Josie: Any non-Christians on that committee or is defending religious freedom only related to one religion?
BlueGuitarist
Went to a local demonstration after work, ok turnout, mostly supportive passersby.
Josie
@TS:
I’ll give you three guesses.
Old School
@TS:
Kayla Rudbek
@TS: it’s limited to being the correct brand of evangelical Protestant, Catholics need not apply
comrade scotts agenda of rage
I got stuck at the Chevy dealership for 2+ hours today so missed most of this. Was driving home down Lincoln and there were still some folks left with signs.
Right there next to the damn near fulltime “Secularism for Iran” protesters. They’re always there at the corner of 14th and Lincoln.