Protest In Support Of Same Sex Marriage Planned At SF City Hall Monday

Dan82 · Feb 13, 2011

http://sfappeal.com/news/2011/02/same-sex-marriage-protest-planned-at-city-hall-monday.php

Marriage equality supporters throughout the Bay Area will be gathering in San Francisco and Martinez on Valentine's Day to protest the state's ban on same-sex marriage.

Several dozen same-sex couples, accompanied by supporters, will be asking for marriage licenses at City Hall as a way to expose the discrimination organizers say Proposition 8 re-imposed on Californians.

Proposition 8, enacted by voters as a state constitutional amendment in November 2008, mandates that "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid in California."

The measure overturned a May 2008 California Supreme Court decision that said the state Constitution provided the right to gay and lesbian marriage.

A lawsuit challenging Proposition 8 was filed by Kris Perry and Sandy Stier of Berkeley and Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo of Burbank...

http://sfappeal.com/news/2011/02/same-sex-marriage-protest-planned-at-city-hall-monday.php
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Protest In Support Of Same Sex Marriage Planned At SF City Hall Monday

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