Nov 8, 2008 9:19 pm US/Pacific
Prop. 8 Protests Continue In California
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Same-sex marriage supporters rallied in Silver Lake.
CBS
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Two thousand people opposed to the ban on gay marriage took to
the streets of Long Beach Friday, Nov. 7, 2008, and three were arrested.
CBS
Less than 24 hours after arrests were made at a Prop 8 protest in Long
Beach, activists unhappy with Tuesday's vote to ban same-sex marriages
again took to the streets in Los Angeles.
A protest in the Silver Lake town of Los Angeles hosted speakers Robin Tyler and Diane Olson, a lesbian couple whose lawsuit led the California Supreme Court to rule in May that denying same-sex couples the right to get married was tantamount to discrimination.
About 18,000 couples have been married since gay marriage was legalized but, on Tuesday, California voters approved Proposition 8, which amended the state constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman. That prompted county clerks to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples the next day.
Demonstrators have taken to the streets each night since Tyler and Olson had their attorney, Gloria Allred, file a writ with the high court Wednesday, challenging the voter-approved initiative.
At least three people were arrested at a Long Beach protest Friday night for failing to disperse when police tried to break up the demonstration.
Several demonstrators were also arrested in Hollywood and Westwood on Wednesday and Thursday.
About 2,000 demonstrators massed in front of the Mormon temple in West Los Angeles Thursday evening to protest the church's support of Proposition 8.
Members of the group Act Now to Stop War & End Racism, also called the A.N.S.W.E.R coalition, which formed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attack, is supporting Saturday's demonstration.
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