Truemors
The passing of Proposition 8 in California last week instituted a ban on same-sex marriage, despite a huge financial and political campaign to prevent its passing.
Similar limits on same-sex rights were also instated in Florida, Arkansas, and Arizona.
Since then, pro-gay marriage activists have mobilized in defense of their cause to stage widespread protests and demonstrations across the state of California and the United States.
Now the group JoinTheImpact.com are coordinating an global series of protests against Proposition 8 to be held on November 15.
Nationwide protests are in the final stages of being planned in every American state and, internationally, in more than 16 cities around the world.
For ongoing coverage of this issue, please see NowPublic's Proposition 8 Scan and featured coverage.
Leaders of the campaign against Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California, raised nearly $40 million and ran a careful, disciplined campaign with messages tested by focus groups and with only a few people authorized to speak to the media.
They lost.
In the week since, California has seen an outpouring of demonstrations ranging from quiet vigils to noisy street protests against Proposition 8, including rallies outside churches and the Mormon temple in Westwood as well as boycotts of some businesses that contributed to the Yes on 8 campaign.
Many of those activities have been organized not by political professionals and established leaders in the gay community, but by young activists working independently on Facebook and MySpace.
The grass-roots activism is a tribute to political organizing in the digital age, in which it is possible to mobilize thousands of people with a few clicks of a mouse. It has generated national attention -- and set up a series of Saturday demonstrations that organizers hope will attract tens of thousands of people to city halls throughout California.
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