Members of direct-action group GetEQUAL halted traffic on the Las Vegas Strip at the New York, New York hotel's Statue of Liberty July 20 to protest U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's perceived inaction on the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
Police were slow to arrive on the scene, leaving eight southbound lanes of the thoroughfare blocked for some 20 minutes.
Activists accomplished the feat by stretching a large banner across the street. It said: "Reid: No one can do more? GetEQUAL.org ."
Eight people were arrested, including GetEQUAL co-chair Robin McGehee and Don't Ask, Don't Tell activist Lt. Dan Choi.
"ENDA is a piece of legislation that the Democratic leadership in Congress has promised the LGBT community that it would schedule a vote on this legislative session in Congress," GetEQUAL said. "However, the bill has yet to be voted on -- and, to date, no vote has been scheduled."
A second group of GetEQUAL members unfurled a banner on the huge elevated pedestrian walkway that crosses the Strip from the MGM Grand to New York, New York. It said: "Reid: Pass ENDA Now! GetEQUAL.org ."