Tuesday we bundled up and went out into the wild stormy weather. The wind was really whipping as we made our way 3 blocks to the Capital building downtown. The girls had to keep a tight hold of their umbrellas or the wind would have taken them away. We finally made it and met up with my sister who had driven all the way from So. California to attend the HR-5 hearings. Our little family met her there and listened to the comments from the basement overflow (you had to be there more than an hour early to get a seat in the actual room). For those of you who don't know, HR-5 is the House resolution to encourage the Supreme Court to set aside Prop 8. They voted, and it passed 7-3 I think. The girls were running around and getting a little boisterous so we decided not to stay for the second hearing (SR-7) for the Senate. Later I found out that the hearing had been cancelled due to the budget crisis and a special meeting had been called that required both the House and the Senate.
Here we are on the way home, the rain and wind had calmed enough for a picture. In the background you can see my sister, her kids and another blogger friend standing under that big rainbow umbrella... I thought it funny that our picture caught their little group in the background.
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You are brave.
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