Homecoming Rally for Equality

Out in America reports on the public launch of Equality Ohio:

COLUMBUS, Ohio - From Toledo to Athens, from Cincinnati to Cleveland, and from many other cities and towns across Ohio, people will be traveling to Columbus for Equality Ohio's "Homecoming Rally for Equality," Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005.

By joining together on the Statehouse lawn at 3:30 p.m., Ohio's LGBT residents, as well as supportive straight allies, will make a strong statement to elected officials -- and to the entire state -- about the need for equal protections for all people in Ohio.

At the rally, local and national leaders will speak about the challenges facing LGBT Ohioans; students will share their experiences in Ohio's high schools and colleges; religious leaders will talk about how the belief in equal rights is a religious value; and families will give their insights into today's debates about marriage and children.

Equality to hold Homecoming Rally for Equality

COLUMBUS, SEPT. 26 – From Toledo to Athens, from Cincinnati to Cleveland, and from many other cities and towns across Ohio, people will be traveling to Columbus on Saturday, October 1, 2005, for Equality Ohio’s “Homecoming Rally for Equality.” By joining together on the Statehouse lawn at 3:30 p.m., Ohio’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents, as well as supportive straight allies, will make a strong statement to elected officials—and to the entire state—about the need for equal protections for all people in Ohio.

At the rally, local and national leaders will speak about the challenges facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Ohioans; students will share their experiences in Ohio’s high schools and colleges; religious leaders will talk about how the belief in equal rights is a religious value; and families will give their insights into today’s debates about marriage and children. Read the full news release