Hundreds march in Hollywood to protest Prop. 8

Hundreds of marchers took part in a largely peaceful march through West Hollywood and Hollywood tonight to protest the passage of Prop. 8. LAPD Officer Jason Lee said a crowd of 500 flooded streets and blocked traffic. A few arrests were made, and the LAPD called a tactical alert. But Lee said the march was fairly orderly.

-Richard Winton

Comments

[Tim B]

I'm glad that for once, moral standards prevailed. A society must have moral standards, and it must enforce them even if hurts people's feelings.

But I respect the right of the marchers to demonstrate against Prop 8. Even though I am grateful it passed.

[Sarah Durmus]

I live in West Hollywood and was ruffed up by this mob on the way home from work tonight. My car was engulfed, I was shoved, my car hit and the mob rocked my car trying to tip it. I support equal rights for everyone, voted no on prop 8, BUT this kind of behavior does not foster understanding.

[Reg]

We diserve victory and equal rights! GOOD FOR THEM! LET"S STAND UP FOR SOMETHING RIGHT!!! NO ON HATE 8

[Brenda]

Big changes like this always take time, effort and unity. We will make it happen. Everybody deserves love! GO NO ON 8!

[Brenda]

Big changes like this always take time, effort and unity. We will make it happen. Everybody deserves love! GO NO ON 8!

[rebecca]

It was WELL over 500 people. Try starting around 10,000. According to an article (as opposed to blog) on latimes.com, 12,500 people marched in Silverlake/Los Angeles this evening. I was there as were thousands of others to stand up for equality.

The implication of proposition 8 passing means that now one group of people in California have more rights than another. That is not what our country was founded on. We are a nation of equality. Everyone deserves their civil rights.

[Those who opposed prop 8 are simply wrong]

You lost...society spoke...get over it and stay the helll out of the street!