BERKELEY, Calif. (KCBS) -- Protesters have returned to the Berkeley Marines recruiting center just a day after a showdown between anti-war and pro-military demonstrators before the Berkeley City Council. This time, several dozen members of the peace group CodePink urged people to make love, not war.
The Berkeley demonstration is one of 20 “Kiss Don’t Enlist” protests across the country.
”Polls show that the majority of Americans are opposed to the war, and this has given people a chance to really come out and show that. And it’s kind of fun to make out, instead of making war, right?” said one CodePink demonstrator.
This comes one day after the Berkeley City Council decided against sending a letter to the Marine Corp., calling their recruiters “unwelcome intruders.” Demonstrators say the council stood strong by supporting the troops, but not the war.
Critics of CodePink say the group has insulted the Marines serving in Iraq, and their families.
Picture of Code Pink demonstrators at Berkeley City Council meeting, courtesy of CBS5.
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KCBS' Chris Filippi reports
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