Gay marriage supporters march in SoCal
As many as 10,000 people took to the streets in San Diego and similar numbers marched in Los Angeles Saturday to protest passage of a California anti-gay marriage ballot initiative, authorities said.
Demonstrators began marching through central San Diego at noon, according to police Sgt.
As many as 10,000 people took to the streets in San Diego and similar numbers marched in Los Angeles Saturday to protest passage of a California anti-gay marriage ballot initiative, authorities said.
Demonstrators began marching through central San Diego at noon, according to police Sgt. Diane Wendell. The event lasted about 90 minutes and was peaceful, with no arrests.
The march in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles began at Saturday evening and lasted about four hours, said police Sgt. Jake Bushy. No incidents were reported as demonstrators marched down Sunset Boulevard carrying signs and waving banners.
The demonstrations were the largest of several marches that followed Tuesday’s passage of Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages and overturning the state Supreme Court decision that legalized such unions in May.
Brief by The Associated Press
