SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS/AP) -- Thousands of protestors converged upon San Francisco’s City Hall Saturday morning to speak out against California’s controversial Proposition 8.
“And sometimes it feels we felt our whole lifetime digging out the lies that other people tell about us, but the truth is this: we are a movement based on love,” said Reverend Dr. Penny Nickson who spoke during the rally.
The backlash over the passage of Prop 8—a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as being between a man and woman in the state of California—has been enormous across the country.
KCBS’ Margie Shafer reports
People and businesses who supported Prop 8 have become targets of blacklists and boycotts. Nickson warned the crowd not to put the blame on certain groups for the proposition’s passage, particularly Catholics and Mormons.
On Thursday, two Mormon churches in Los Angeles and Utah received hoax mailings containing white powder. Authorities have not officially linked the mailings to the church's support of the measure and a gay rights group in Utah denied that gay protesters were involved. Both temples were sites of recent protests against the church's support for Prop 8.
“I’ve had it with organized religion in this country. If you want to call them civil marriages versus religious marriages that’s fine, just don’t tell me who I can love, don’t tell me who I can marry,” said Jeb Boland, who married his partner Tom at San Francisco City Hall weeks ago while it was still legal.
Other cities that held gay rights protests Saturday included Oakland, San Jose, Walnut Creek, Fairfield and Santa Cruz. Demonstrators were notified via the Internet and text messages.
Images courtesy of KCBS' Cynthia Louie.
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