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Running for equality
October 22, 2011
By Adam Bink
Baltimore half-marathon!
Post-half marathon mimosa, homemade rolls and a medal!
As many of you know, Courage Campaign is a virtual organization and we organize with our members mostly by e-mail, social media and phone. But we’ve done a lot of offline events in the past and lately, a great deal more (see Bachmann, flash mob and Boehner, Occupy Golf Course).
So we’re going to do another one, and something different: the 2012 Honda Los Angeles Marathon on March 18, 2012. And we hope you can join us! It’s to benefit our work fighting to repeal DOMA, end Prop 8, and keep making progress on other LGBT issues!
I just ran my first half-marathon in Baltimore a week ago today, and it was a great experience (I ran in 2:03:44, which people tell me is not bad for a first run!). And, as you can see on the right, we all got medals and to dig in at a post-race brunch 
Incredible energy and fun, especially the people on the sidelines dressed up for Halloween as zombies and holding “Run for your lives!” signs.
For the Los Angeles Marathon, we already have 34 folks signed up for Team Courage to raise money to fight for full LGBT equality and run. You can run the full 26.2 miles, or you can grab a friend, family member or co-worker and run 13.1 with the rest of Team Courage and your partner runs the other 13.1 with the rest of the gang (relay-style, which the LA Marathon is offering for the first time this year). You can run, walk, or run/walk. Either way you cut it, it’ll be a blast.
Courage Campaign will pay for registration costs, get Team Courage t-shirts for our team, and we’re throwing a big carbo-load dinner the night before, too. The race course has no hills as it winds its way from Dodgers Stadium through the attractions of LA to the Pacific Ocean. And, it’s St. Patrick’s Day the day before, so we’re, uh, gonna make a fun weekend out of it
Sign up here to get more information. We can only hold the first 100 spots, and are asking more members soon, but I wanted to give everyone here a chance to think about it and sign up. Drop me a line via prop8trial at couragecampaign dot org if you have any questions or want to know more.
Hope to see you in March!
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Ronnie | October 22, 2011 at 7:57 am
Mimosas… yum….Subscribing & sharing……
A Gay Wedding Windfall for New York. Same-sex nuptials are boosting sales for companies across the state: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/a-gay-weddin…
A caterer went from three weddings in 2010 to 50 inquires since the new law. A florist expects his sales to go up 25orders from last year. An online jewelry retailer has seen its sales quadruple. A wedding planner who does on average 50 weddings a year has received 60 inquiries since the new law "more then triple last year's pace". Reservations for a banquet hall have also quadrupled. Like Prop 8 the Musical says, "Gay Marriages will save the economy"…..
Max Adler (Glee) Wants More Artists, Less Bullies: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/10/2…
“If kids understand from an early age that everyone in this world is equal, the thought of bullying others will not even enter their headspace,” Adler says. “The arts, whether it’s music, acting, dance, playwriting, or photography, helps kids realize that we all want the same things: love, laughter, great memories with family and friends and to be given a chance to succeed,"……..
State's Largest Union Urges Passage of Marriage Equality in Washington: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/10/states-largest-u…
"Washington’s largest private sector union, UCFW 21, said on Thursday that it will support efforts to pass marriage equality there, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports"
& today's LGBT History Month Icon….
"I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am." ~ Ricky Martin, Grammy Award-winning latin pop singer. Performing since childhood, he has sold more the 60million albums, was a member of the boy band Menudo, was cast on "General Hospital" & is an international superstar. He is the founder & president of the Ricky Martin Foundation which works to prevent child trafficking. Read more about him here: http://www.lgbthistorymonth.com/ricky-martin?tab=…
<3…Ronnie:
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Ann S. | October 22, 2011 at 8:40 am
Run, Adam, run! Congratulations!
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Adam Bink | October 22, 2011 at 4:48 pm
Thanks! The shoulder felt great too.
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Johnny Z | October 23, 2011 at 4:09 pm
I'm sorry to say that my comment will be quite OT….but, is that Adam in the cover picture, biting his medal? I apologize, but I had NO idea how absolutely adorable he was (is)!! (Yeah…I know…off topic….but, worth saying!!) Ok, everyone…as you were. lol
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