Gay rights supporters waving rainbow colors marched, chanted and danced in cities coast to coast Saturday to protest the California vote that banned gay marriage there.
At the Georgia Capitol in downtown Atlanta, more than 1,500 opponents of California’s Proposition 8 crowded the plaza and steps, spilling onto Washington Street.
Speakers led the crowd in chants during the Saturday afternoon protest.
“We support marriage equality,” said Carlton Eden, who attended the Atlanta rally with his wife, Claire, and three daughters. “We believe everyone should be able to marry.”
Another Atlanta demonstrator, Casey Calahan-Fitzgerald, said, “I think that we have a long way to go with gay rights, and people need to realize it’s not just supported by gay people.”
Nationwide, demonstrators cast Prop 8 as a civil rights issue. One sign in Boston read, “Gay is the new black.”
“Civil marriages are a civil right, and we’re going to keep fighting until we get the rights we deserve as American citizens,” Karen Amico said in Philadelphia, holding up a sign reading “Don’t Spread H8.”
Connecticut, which began same-sex weddings this past week, and Massachusetts are the only two states that allow gay marriage.
All 30 states that have voted on gay marriage have enacted bans.
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