November 9, 2008
In California, Protests Over Gay Marriage Vote
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The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Reaction to the passage of a measure banning same-sex marriage continued to sweep across California on Sunday, with hundreds of protesters rallying outside an Orange County megachurch whose popular pastor brought the presidential candidates together last summer for a "faith forum."
A large protest against the measure, Proposition 8, at the Mormon Temple in Oakland led the California Highway Patrol to close two nearby highway ramps. A patrol dispatcher said the ramps had been closed to protect pedestrians from traffic.
In Pasadena, the pastor of the 4,000-member All Saints Church spoke out against the measure, calling the religious community's support of it embarrassing.
In Orange County, about 1,000 advocates of equal rights for gay people fanned out along sidewalks leading to Saddleback Church, in Lake Forest. They were angered by the church's support of Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment that voters approved Tuesday. The amendment overturns the State Supreme Court decision in May that legalized same-sex marriage.
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