Today, America celebrates love but for a group of students marched to try to make love of all kinds equal.
Members of Spectrum, Students for Creative Social Activism and Feminists for Action marched from the L.A. Pittenger Student Center to Shafer Tower to celebrate and bring awareness to everyone’s right to love.
People with red, green and blue equal signs painted on their faces held colorful signs with messages, such as “All you need is love” and “Love knows no gender.” The students chanted, “Black, white, gay, straight — love does not discriminate,” on the Love is Equal pride march through campus.
“We wanted to do a lighthearted Valentine’s march,” Maggie Bastin, a SCSA member, said. “Today is definitely a day people think about love and all the different forms of it, and I think it’s good to get out and be noticed.”
Traveling up McKinley Avenue, the march was met with honks, cheers and waves from fellow students.
“Happy Valentine’s Day, guys, you’re awesome,” sophomore Sari Hammerstrom said to the group.
Once the procession reached Shafer Tower, the participants spoke out about their opposition to House Joint Resolution 3 and continued to chant various things promoting equality.
“Whether you agree or not with who we are, it’s who we are,” said Ari Hartloff, a member of Feminists for Action.
Nezbit wanted the march to let students know that equality is promoted and represented on Ball State’s campus.
“We are a unit and no matter how negative someone thinks about us, we all get to stand together and overcome this,” Hartloff said.
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