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LGBT News Facebook Profile Pictures Go Red In Support Of Gay Marriage Rights

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  1. Dublin Boy

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    Facebook is going red in support of marriage equality.

    As the Supreme Court convened to decide the fate of marriage equality -- and more specifically, the fate of Proposition 8, which outlawed same-sex marriages in California -- numerous Facebook users have changed their profile pictures to a red-hued version of the logo belonging to the Human Rights Campaign, an advocacy group for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals.

    The standard HRC logo features a yellow equals sign against a navy background, but the group posted a red version to its Facebook page on Tuesday morning and encouraged users to adopt it as their avatars.

    "Make sure you wear red to show your support for marriage equality. And make your Facebook profile red too!" the HRC told its over 1 million Facebook followers. By Tuesday afternoon, its post had been shared over 45,000 times and had received over 13,000 "likes."

    Mashable notes that the move to adopt the HRC profile picture gained notable support after actor George Takei updated his own with the logo. LGBTQ@Facebook, the social network's official resource page, also changed its picture to the HRC's, and shared a story about the advocacy group's push.

    Interestingly, the HRC had previously opposed the idea of bringing Proposition 8 before the Supreme Court. In a 2009 document co-signed by the HRC, American Civil Liberties Union, Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and the Equality Federation, among other organizations, the groups argued that "the ballot box and not the courts should be the next step on marriage in California."

    Facebook Profile Pictures Go Red In Support Of Gay Marriage Rights
     
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    Basically everyone that I'm friends with has changed theirs to a variation of the the equality sign. Personally, I have the one with Peppermint Patty and Marcie :slight_smile:
     
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    One For The Gamers :slight_smile:

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    and for those of us who love Grumpycat:

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    I have one :slight_smile:
     
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    I don't have one. I support gay marriage (obvi), but I really don't care for the HRC.
     
    #6 Allecto, Mar 27, 2013
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    Wow, I had no clue the amount of people who actually call this a "fad". I changed my profile picture just a half hour ago, and already people are saying that "I'm just supporting a fad", since apparently tons of people are doing it just to look like they actually care, when they really don't. I'm keepin' the picture though.
     
    #7 GwenCS, Mar 27, 2013
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    Nope, not changing my picture. I'm philosophically opposed to government-sanctioned, licensing, recognition of any form of marriage. Gay or straight. It is a person, private, sociocultural institution that the government should stay out of. I support equality from a fundamentally different viewpoint. Remove all the benefits heterosexuals receive and then I believe we are ALL equal.
     
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    I had this image as my pic until I did some research on the hrc and decided I didn't want to promote them. I'm now using the image of a crossed out division symbol which I find much more trans friendly.
     
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    I have it, but I just put up the Peppermint Patty and Marcie
     
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    I have it! I was about to post my own question asking people if they had it and I found that the question had already been posed on here. :slight_smile:
     
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    Just about to change mine to one with David Tennant popping up in the middle, grinning wildly. :grin:
     
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