I went to the HUGE protest against California’s Proposition 8, which puts discrimination against same sex marriage into the California constitution. Over 10,000 12,500 people were there!
I saw lots of my friends, and marched for a while with Wilson Cruz, Darryl Stephens, Cathy DeBuono and Jill Bennett, Nicole Payone (from Logo’s Big Gay Sketch show), Jeffrey and Jonathan, Jer Ber Jones/Robbie D, and others. Alec Mapa was there, and tons of other people I knew!
Police estimated that 12,500 boisterous marchers converged about 6 p.m. at Sunset and Santa Monica boulevards in Silver Lake near the site of the former Black Cat bar, which the city recently designated a historic-cultural monument for its ‘60s role as home of the local gay rights movement.
Police guided the demonstrators through the streets for more than three hours without major confrontations. No arrests were reported.
Other demonstrations, including one that attracted up to 10,000 people in San Diego, popped up across the state. At each rally, participants vented frustration and anger over the ballot item that amends the state Constitution to declare that “only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized” in California.
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