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Show of hands: who here is not at work because you called in "gay"? (That's kinda what we thought.) Today is Day Without A Gay, an awareness-raising event brainstormed by gay rights activists in L.A. to coincide with International Human Rights Day. Skipping work is a sacrifice (time is money) in and of itself, but organizers have also asked participants to spend their day volunteering for human rights organizations and to try to avoid making any purchases. Thus far, we've heard of two people in the entire city who are joining in the fun: one Starbucks barista and one former Project Runway star (Jack Mackenroth, of course). H/t to JSeattle for the PR spin!

Seattlest's college didn't really have "protests," per se, so we're considering heading down to the UW campus on our lunch break to catch some of the student-organized rally to ask The Man for "LGBT training with The Daily staff and for a more inclusive campus community." Why is everyone so worked up? Read both the original pro-Prop 8 article by John Fay and our guest editorial, a response to Fay's article by Chris Kaasa; then, meet up with everyone outside the Husky Union Building at 12:30. Bra-burning optional.

In this guest editorial, Chris Kaasa, a senior at the University of Washington, responds to John Fay's controversial pro-Prop 8 article, published last week in the UW Daily.

Seth over at Sports Northwest magazine has a picture of a Seahawks fan who seems bound and determined to have the worst weekend of his life. Not sure what Corinthians has to say about Matt Hasselbeck interceptions, though.

hometown hero Frank Gehry.

                 

Westlake Center, 2:16 p.m. to 3:10 p.m.

          

For today's Prop 8 march and protest, the weather cooperated nicely. Obviously, God loves a civil rights parade.

In fact, they've arrived nice and early.

There's one more performance of Portland Opera's Fidelio coming up on Saturday; it's well sung, with performers familiar to Seattle Opera fans: Greer Grimsley (the vengeful prison commander Pizarro), Arthur Woodley (good-hearted jailer Rocco), Jay Hunter Morris (the political prisoner Florestan). Lori Phillips (above) sings Leonore (aka Fidelio).

Speaking of the gay, in case you haven't heard, tomorrow's the National Day of Protest Against Prop 8. Here in Seattle, the protesting festivities start early, with people gathering in Volunteer Park beginning at 10:30 a.m. and starting the march down to Westlake Center at noon. If you can't do that walk hungover, meet up at Westlake for the rally at 2 p.m. Please, make an effort to represent at some point tomorrow. For such an important issue, numbers matter.

Dan Savage, on CNN yesterday, debated the Prop 8 debacle with smug asshat Tony Perkins. We really think Savage did a good job arguing with this waste of space.

• During an election season that touted change and tolerance, the passage of Proposition 8 in California is a painful reminder that intolerance and hatred still have electoral support in this country. Saturday is a national day of protest against Proposition 8, and the Seattle protests begin at Volunteer Park at 10:30 a.m.
• West Seattle Blog is wondering if any of these stolen items belong to you.
• Speaking of theft, the gentleman in these video stills definitely chose the wrong house in Mt. Baker to break into... i.e. the house fully wired with surveillance video cameras.