Over the weekend, the fight over gay marriage escalated in California. Tuesday's vote to amend the state constitution and define marriage as between a man and a woman continues to draw fire. Those opposed to Proposition 8 protested all weekend and are promising the fight is not over.
For another day, the disagreement over California's Prop 8 filled some of the state's busiest streets.
From Orange County to the state's capitol, Sacramento, thousands of gay right's advocates marched to protest Tuesday's passage of the proposition, which bans same-sex marriages and overturns a may state Supreme Court decision legalizing such unions.
Protest organizer Tim DeBenedictus said "it is very difficult to justify a constitutional amendment which takes away fundamental rights from one group."
In Oakland, marchers converged on a Mormon church, upset that the Utah-based church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints had encouraged members to fund the proposition.
Don Eton, Director of Public Affairs from the Church of Latter Day Saints said "are we being unfairly singled out for expressing our rights to vote? Yeah, but we will live with it."
The issue has been polarizing from the start.
A record 74 million dollars was spent and now protesters are promising to take the fight to the California Supreme Court.
Lorri Jean of the Los AngelesGay And Lesbian Center said "the majority should not be voting on fundamental rights, and what happened on Tuesday is the first time that has happened in this nation."
Almost one week after the vote, it is a state still divided and a clash unlikely to ease anytime soon.
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