Pictures from a Great Day

I promised pictures from Tuesday's signing of the marriage equality bill and after-party, and here they are.

The crowd waited in the 95°+ sun for the signing, including two Wisconsinites with signs:



I go for the shirts when it comes time to take photos. It's a weakness of mine:



I had thought about wearing my Vote No shirt, and decided against it, but this guy had a more creative approach:



The Minnesota Freedom Band marched away from the signing on the way to the party, playing "Born This Way."



The tuba player had something to say about slut shaming:



A new kind of tandem bike, with a message:



Minnesota is the 12th state to pass marriage equality. I loved this guy's homemade shirt.



In case you can't read this one, it says Resist Dichotomies:



Big Table Studio, which is located right across the street from the party location, had a small exhibit of posters created to encourage the move to marriage equality.

The first one is letterpress, by Bill Moran. It's metallic silver ink on black paper -- that's a large, wood-type number 8, turned sideways, with other wooden "furniture" used to create the bottom point. And then the letters GLBTQ printed over.



I don't have the artist names on the rest of the posters.



Those not from Minnesota may not know that Judy Garland grew up in a northern Minnesota town (back when she was Frances Gumm). I think that's supposed to be a liberated Betty Crocker on the right.


Paul and Jolly:



Sassy but true:



Big table had its press, right in the front window, running. They had loaded a split fountain of red and blue:



Anyone who wanted could pull a proof onto orange paper:



I got one, too, (big surprise) for my letterpress collection.