“At that point, I told him he needed to move away from my daughter and give her space (especially since she was on the curb at one of the busiest intersections in Tacoma). He began to argue, and I cut him off saying, ‘Move away from my daughter.’ He did.”

One car passenger threw a beverage, hitting an approve-71 volunteer.  Other passers-by shouted “Death to all you faggots!” and “We should get the KKK here!”

This wasn’t Birmingham in ’63 or Selma in ’65.  This was Tacoma in 2009, over by the Red Robin.

An interesting article about the R-71 campaign in Pierce County. Check it out.