A Marriage Equality Chanukah Vigil will be held in San Francisco on Sunday, Dec. 5, the day before an appeals court hearing on the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, the same-sex marriage ban.
Participants will meet at 3:30 p.m. on the courthouse steps of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 95 Seventh St., and light Chanukah candles to demonstrate community support for marriage equality. Attendees may bring candles and menorahs; music, dreidels and hot chocolate will be provided.
The Court of Appeals imposed a stay on same-sex marriages in August after Judge Vaughn R. Walker struck down Proposition 8.
Event co-sponsors include the Bay Area Coalition of Welcoming Congregations, JCC of the East Bay, Congregations Beyt Tikkun and Sha’ar Zahav, LGBT Alliance of the S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation, Marriage Equality USA, Congregation Emanu-El and Tikkun Magazine.
For information, call (415) 977-7444 or contact [email protected].