What are these red equal signs that are popping up on social networking new's feeds? This is an action of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), an organization that is in support of gay marriage. These equal signs, which are two exactly, indistinguishable bars with regards to orientation, are shown as being the same in a multiple of ways.
This spread of profile picture change was asked by the Human Rights Campaign for the word to be spread, and hopefully gain much more support, as the Supreme Court discusses the issue of gay marriage legalization over the next two days. The exact post on Facebook was, "paint the town read", wearing red in their wardrobe as well on their Facebook pages, changing profile photos over to the HRC "=" logo. The idea has even spread to some members of Congress seeing as 13 members displayed the symbol as their Twitter avatars.
Another discussion about the attempt at spreading support was, what is the profile changing going to accomplish? In short, the goal of the equal sign was to spread the word. Comedian Dana Jay had an answer and hopeful look to this question, "Seeing all of the people who support can inspire people to take MORE action – small change. I’d much rather see red equal signs than pictures of Grumpy Cat and ironic self shots." This comment sums up, in essence, the hope and drive for human equality.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2013/03/what-is-that-red-equal-sign-on-facebook-all-about/
Kayla Gammie
11:31 PM
3/28/13
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