PHOTOS: Prop 8 Ruling Reaction & Protest in San Francisco

[Hissyspit]

Same-sex marriage advocates block a street after the California State Supreme Court ruled in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, but it also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect will stay wed. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)





Gay rights supporters rally in front of San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco. The state Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, but also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who wed before the law took effect will stay married. (Paul Sakuma / AP)





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Demonstrators in favor of same-sex marriage wait in front of San Francisco City Hall for the California Supreme Court to rule on the legality of a voter-approved ban on same-sex unions.





A Prop. 8 supporter smiles after the California State Supreme Court ruled in San Francisco, Tuesday. The state Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, but also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who wed before the law took effect will stay married. (Paul Sakuma / AP)





Openly gay San Francisco police officer Len Broberg (right) hugs Doug Mezzacapo a married gay man, as they wait in front of San Francisco City Hall for the California State Supreme Court to rule on the legality of a voter-approved ban on same-sex unions in San Francisco. (Paul Sakuma / AP)





Liz Hoadley, a gay woman who is married, cries as she talks to her partner after the California State Supreme Court ruled in San Francisco. (Paul Sakuma / AP)





Marchers make their way down Market Street in to the Supreme Court Building to gather to hear the California Supreme Court decision on Prop 8 in San Francisco. (Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle)





Same-sex marriage demonstrators read the opinion after the California State Supreme Court ruled in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The state Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, but also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who wed before the law took effect will stay married. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)





Same-sex marriage demonstrators read the opinion after the California State Supreme Court ruled in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The state Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, but also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who wed before the law took effect will stay married. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)





Demonstrators placed signs on a statue of President Abe Lincoln in front of San Francisco City Hall after the California State Supreme Court ruled in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 26, 2009.The court upheld the ban on gay marriage voters approved when they voted in favor of Proposition 8 last fall. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)





Eric Manriquez (L) kisses his husband Juan Ribera after being interviewed outside an ACLU news conference in Los Angeles following the California Supreme Court ruling upholding Prop. 8 May 26, 2009. The couple were married June 17, 2008 and their marriage will be allowed to stand according to the courts ruling. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES SOCIETY)





Justices of the California Supreme Court are shown in this combination of file photographs taken during arguments on Proposition 8 March 5, 2009 in San Francisco, California. From top, left to right are Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald M. George, Associate Justice Joyce L. Kennard, Associate Justice Carlos R. Moreno, Associate Justice Marvin R. Baxter, Associate Justice Ming W. Chin, Associate Justice Carol A. Corrigan and Associate Justice Kathryn M. Werdegar. The California Supreme Court has decided to uphold Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage, in a ruling handed down May 26, 2009. REUTERS/Pool/Files (UNITED STATES SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)





Same sex couple Shelly Bailes (L) and Ellen Pontac react after hearing that California's Supreme Court upheld a ban on same-sex marriage in San Francisco, California, May 26, 2009. California's supreme court backed a ban on gay marriage on Tuesday, ruling that a voter-approved proposition defining marriage as between a man and a woman could stand in the trend-setting state. REUTERS/Kimberly White (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)





Laura Espinosa (R) reacts next to her friend Karen Smith after hearing that California's Supreme Court upheld a ban on same-sex marriage in San Francisco, California, May 26, 2009. California's supreme court backed a ban on gay marriage on Tuesday, ruling that a voter-approved proposition defining marriage as between a man and a woman could stand in the trend-setting state. REUTERS/Kimberly White (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY)





Elissa Elissa Barrett of the Progressive Jewish Alliance listens to reaction to the California Supreme Court ruling upholding Prop. 8 with tears in her eyes during an ACLU news conference in Los Angeles May 26, 2009. Barrett and her partner are one of 18,000 Gay couples married in California before the ruling by the court. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY)





Diane Olson, right, reacts as she and her spouse Robin Tyler react as they hear the California Supreme Court decision that upheld Proposition 8, which outlawed gay marriage, in Los Angeles Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The court did uphold the validity of same-sex marriages, including that of Olson and Tyler, performed in the five months before the Nov. 8, 2008 election where Proposition 8 was approved by the voters. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)





Same sex couple Stuart Gaffney (L) and John Lewis hug before hearing that California's Supreme Court upheld a ban on same-sex marriage in San Francisco, California, May 26, 2009. California's supreme court backed a ban on gay marriage on Tuesday, ruling that a voter-approved proposition defining marriage as between a man and a woman could stand in the trend-setting state. REUTERS/Kimberly White (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY)





Brent Lok, left, and Wade French, hug after the California State Supreme Court ruled in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, but it also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect will stay wed. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)





Attorney Gloria Allred, left, points to the equal protection clause of the California Constitution, to which she has added 'except for gays and lesbians,' as Robin Tyler watches, right, after the release of the California Supreme Court decision that upheld Proposition 8, which outlawed gay marriage, in Los Angeles Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The court did uphold the validity of same-sex marriages, including that of Olson and Tyler and her spouse Diane Olson, not shown, performed in the five months before the Nov. 8, 2008 election where Proposition 8 was approved by the voters. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)





A same sex couple leaves San Francisco's Supreme Court after hearing that California's Supreme Court upheld a ban on same-sex marriage in San Francisco, California, May 26, 2009. California's supreme court backed a ban on gay marriage on Tuesday, ruling that a voter-approved proposition defining marriage as between a man and a woman could stand in the trend-setting state. REUTERS/Kimberly White (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY)

[Hissyspit]

1. Updated

[Hissyspit]

28. THREAD #2 including photos of arrests:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5725892&mesg_id=5725892

[BuyingThyme]

2. Thank you.

kcik

[nichomachus]

3. Don't they look ashamed of themselves

They know what they did was wrong . . .

[Manifestor_of_Light]

5. They are NOT happy campers (or happy benchwarmers, as the case may be).

:wtf:

[imdjh]

12. Shame on them.

[closeupready]

13. shame on them +1.

n/t

[ebdarcy]

4. That fifth photo is heart-breaking.

I am so angry right now.

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. It wasn't repealed

It was upheld.

[Hissyspit]

7. Oops, thanks.

[Hissyspit]

8. Final update. nt

[imdjh]

9. This is silly- my first thought was: "Wow, they can sit on asphalt without burning their asses."

I really do think that climate helps the Franciscans out when it comes to demonstrating. You sit on the asphalt here and you will toast your buns.

[Dogtown]

10. I hate this.

Those photos made me cry.

[EFerrari]

11. Looks like more than a thousand people out in front of the Court Bldg.

I hope more will get there. It's the lunch hour here. The SFPD has been great so far.

[imdjh]

14. I know it's not right- but I wish someone had beat the shit out of the proprop8 guys in the photo

[murielm99]

21. They're the perverts.

That hateful grin would fit right in at a lynching.

[jobycom]

15. In case anyone wonders, the guy in the middle of the picture of the justices was the dissenter.

Carlos Moreno. Pick him for the next SCOTUS nominee.

"Justice Carlos Moreno wrote that the measure "violates the essence of the equal protection clause of the California Constitution and fundamentally alters its scope and meaning."

"The majority's holding is not just a defeat for same-sex couples, but for any minority group that seeks the protection of the equal protection clause of the California Constitution," Moreno wrote."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/26/california.same.sex.marriage/index.html

[Terran]

22. He's so right

I cannot understand how the other Justices don't agree with that.

[myrna minx]

16. These photos are making me sob.

:cry: I keep going from sorrow to anger back to sorrow.

[Soylent Brice]

17. K&R

[Neecy]

18. weird....

The smiling little fundie in photo 4 looks like a gnomish Dan White. Things don't change much, do they? I'm not a violent person but I swear I'd slap the grin right off his face if I encountered him.

[imdjh]

19. I'm having a problem with that.

Wanting to slap them, I really want to. I'm going to the protest this afternoon in Tampa, and I know that piece of shit Larry the street preacher will be there. I'd like to see him trampled. I know it's not good press, though I wonder if fighting back doesn't actually make us look serious. Candlelight vigils make me want to puke.

[Neecy]

23. I've seen a lot of their hatred,

and so far I've been peaceful. They come out in droves on every Pride event in San Francisco and mostly we just point and laugh and move on. But now I'm seriously pissed. Now they're fucking with me in a very personal way.

[nichomachus]

26. Well, it kind of backfires

The day after Prop H8 passed, there was a "peaceful" rally here in Palm Springs. Some woman with a big styrofoam cross waded right into the crowd of gay folks with her Jesus slogans. As you can imagine, nerves were a little raw and a bunch of people grabbed her cross of hate and broke it.

Then, she became a martyr for the cause -- got interviewed more than she was worth. The police tried their damndest to get her to press charges. And, it gave the fundies a chance to paint the gay community and violent and anti-Christian.

The interesting thing was that in a subsequent interview, the woman said she had nothing against gay people getting married, but that she had been told by her minister that her church could be shut down if Prop H8 didn't pass. That's why she was in favor of it.

The clergy didn't make one argument in favor of Prop H8 that wasn't a lie.

[xchrom]

20. recommend

[armyowalgreens]

24. The 4th photo makes me want to beat the shit out of someone.

Fuck assholes.

[Annces]

25. Thanks for sharing n/t

[Wednesdays]

27. K&R

:kick:

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29. Protest is fine, people, but fer Christ sakes...

don't block or impede traffic.

Others have jobs, errands and personal affairs to tend to.

Fucking with their time only hurts your cause by pissing them off.

[BuyingThyme]

30. I'm not so sure about that.

But I'll think on it.

[Bluenorthwest]

31. That is so funny! Did you tell that to

the millions of Peace protesters too? The immigration protesters in Los Angeles? Those bastards on the bridge back in the day? Dr King and that lot of traffic stoppers! Shame! People have errands to run, and the straights have plenty of affairs to tend to, if their divorce rate is any indication!

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32. Had I the opportunity to tell them....

Yeah... they're inconsiderate, selfish assholes for infringing on the rights of others whom even may or may not share their grievance, and choose not to become caught up in their protest.

I'm all in favor of the right to seek protest/"petition the Government for a redress of grievances", the right to peaceably assemble, and the right to free speech, but the limit to those rights end when the protesters selfishly have no respect for the rights of others.

"People have errands to run, and the straights have plenty of affairs to tend to"

Yes... because we all know that it's inconceivable that any gay people that day would feel inconvenienced or upset that a screaming mob felt it necessary to their cause to impede/block traffic without consideration for the rights of others.

[Downtown Hound]

33. As one of the selfish assholes in question who got arrested

I can assure you that San Francisco has many streets, and the particular intersection we chose was very easy to go around. At the most we maybe added three or four extra minutes to anybody's all-important shopping experience. There were some cars that initially got trapped by the blockade and sat there for a bit, but eventually, after about 20 minutes or so, the police got those cars out of there too.

And I can also assure you that if there were any gay people there that were offended by the action, they were an EXTREME MINORITY. As a straight man, I have never felt the adoration, love and gratitude of so many gay people, hell, so many people, as I did yesterday.