450 mile March to CA Supreme Court Ends with Delivery of 300,000 Signatures

Yesterday Valerie Paget and Tracie Jones, a Pasedena, CA couple affected by the passage of Proposition 8, arrived in San Francisco culminating a 450 mile march through California to demonstrate their conviction that the California Supreme Court should revoke Prop 8. Supporters joined the couple at Market and Castro at 11:00 am and walked the final miles to the steps of San Francisco City Hall at noon for a rally attended by about 100 people; the group then marched to the steps of the California Supreme Court.

Yesterday was the deadline for our opponents to file their briefs in the historic Supreme Court case that will decide the constitutionality of Prop 8.

Valerie and Tracie began their march in West Hollywood Park, Los Angeles, on November 18. As they marched, they carried their message through every community along their route from Los Angeles to San Francisco, collecting signatures, rallying communities, and gathering personal letters and video testimonies from Californians to bring to the courthouse.

They delivered about 300,000 signatures in support of their cause to the Supreme Court. On the last leg of their journey up the San Francisco peninsula they walked through rain, wind, and near freezing temperatures, but an unexpected break in the bad weather gave them cause for cheer in Palo Alto near Stanford University where they were greeted in a rally by students and local activists, including members of *One Struggle, One Fight* and the Raging Grannies.