The Daily Jude 5/19/11

Wow. Today was an action-packed day that turned out very differently than what I'd expected this morning. It all started out fairly normally, but as it turned out, Lindsay and I spent our afternoon at the state Capitol hoping to convince our state representatives that they should vote no on an amendment to our state's constitution that would pretty much prevent us from ever getting married.
We didn't bring Jude and I know that you all are here to see him but well, this is related.(and we ran 2.8 miles this evening to go get our farmshare so I didn't get a pic of Jude).
The Capitol was totally packed with supporters of marriage equality (and a few "protectors" of marriage - that's them with the "marriage amendment yes" sign). It was amazing to see soooo many different kinds of people who "get" that this is about ensuring civil rights for everyone. Literally- there were Quakers, Catholics, Jews, even a Mennonite woman - all there for equality.
In the end, the vote didn't happen today, but it has to happen before midnight on Monday. We'll keep you posted and I PROMISE to return to the regularly scheduled Jude programing tomorrow!

Oh, and here's a link to a video taken today. There are some familiar faces around 1:45