If you were one of the hundreds that came together for yesterday’s Queensland Equal Love rally, you would definitely have to agree, it was quite eventful.

While some came dressed in the colours of the rainbow and T-shirts with pro marriage slogans, one provocative Same Samer came dressed as Bishop Bliss and your Brisbane editor rocked up to the rally as Glitter Jesus.

Check out our photos from Brisbane’s Equal Love rally here.

As the special guest speakers appeared on stage a small group of Baptist Church-goers, one playing the bagpipes, attempted to disrupt the rally.

Needless to say, Bishop Bliss, Glitter Jesus and about 40 others met them head-on before they could get close enough to cause the rally any great distraction.

What could have turned into a violence confrontation was thankfully avoided with the closest thing to violence was the bishop being shoved by one of the church-goers and a lesbian ‘glitter-bombing’ one of the other counter protesters.

MARCHING ON

While the small group of counter-protesters had made it their mission to disrupt the rally, the march went ahead as planned, with hundreds marching through the streets of Brisbane for marriage equality.

Overall, the day was a huge success and it was great to see a large number of heterosexuals joining LGBT people to show their support for the cause.

See video footage from the day below…

DAY OF ACTION

Members of the LGBT community and their supporters had also came together on the same day for The National Day Of Action and judging by the numerous different reports each state was hugely successful with good numbers being reported at each rally.

See photos from Sydney’s Equal Love rally here and Melbourne’s marriage march here.

Now I can’t speak for the other rallies, but one thing I noticed especially with the Brisbane rally was the strong sense of community and unity that filled the crowd. What was even more inspiring was seeing not only the older generation but also people as young as 15 speaking up for what they believed in when faced with the opposition in the form of the religious protesters.

The battle for marriage equality is not just about the rights of the LGBT community, it is about the human right to marry whoever they choose no matter what their sexuality might be, and judging by the support foryesterday’s rally it is only a matter of time before our the government will have no choice but to listen to the voice of the people.