Prop 8 Decision Aftermath / Protest Roundup

Photo by Liz Highleyman on Flickr

It certainly isn't the final word on the issue, but yesterday's decision by the CA Supreme Court set off a well anticipated set of protests across the state and the country.

• A total of 175 arrests were made in connection with the blocking of a major intersection at Van Ness Avenue yesterday, including several Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
• We would put estimates of last night's crowd -- which split off from a rally at Yerba Buena Gardens to march up Market Street to the Castro, only to be followed by a street party on a closed-off Castro Street -- at a couple of thousand, dwindling to a few hundred by 9PM. See more photos here, and The Sword (site semi-NSFW) has some pics of Anna Conda and some Sisters protesting both here and in WeHo.
• Approximately 2000 marched through West Hollywood to Hollywood, dispersing around 10 p.m. last night after scrawling anti-H8 messages in chalk across sidewalks and streets. Also, Perez Hilton and Drew Barrymore showed up, among others.
• In a project begun by the American Foundation for Equal Rights, two lawyers who represented Al Gore in Bush v. Gore have filed a suit in a federal court calling for an injunction against the proposition.
• KQED has this wrap-up about the daytime protests, as well as interviews and more analysis by Sarah Varney who sat in on all the oral arguments.