Let me play devil's advocate here. I am sure I will be emailed the answer to the following question after the event and I will pass it along if it is the case. To me the purpose of a rally of that type when including anyone in Candlewick who wants to come for the raffles, games, etc. would be to collect petition signatures. How could you attend a rally for a cause and then refuse to sign a petition for the cause they are promoting? We will see.
If I am wrong and there are no petitions there to be signed but instead it simply a social event I will apologize on this site. Good for them if it is just a nice gathering. We need more of that. If it is an underhanded way of collecting signatures it is sad.
Ken Dillenburg