Singing Along With the Choir
Thursday
As usual, Day 2 started off up on the roof of the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Just hanging out, talking to friends and meeting a few new people. And more Stella.
Then off to Kerr Auditorium for 8: The Mormon Proposition. While the documentary was definitely preaching to the choir, the atmosphere of the screening made it a very worthwhile experience. Stranded in this island of Red, it’s a rare but welcome opportunity to be surrounded by such like-minded individuals. While not gay myself, this issue of marriage equality is still very important to me. Over six years ago upon President Bush’s proposal of a Constitutional Amendment to ban same-sex marriage, we decided to remove our own wedding bands until marriage became legal in the state of Oklahoma. It’s been six years and it may very well be six more.
So, watching this movie in a theater full of people with similar viewpoints was quite uplifting. And Programming Director Melissa Scaramucci’s impassioned opening and closing remarks were a welcome surprise. After the film, instead of the scheduled Nonna’s after-party (which has always been the most disappointing of deadCENTER’s many parties), we all met up at Iguana’s for some food, drink, and lively political discussion.
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