Tens of thousands of gay rights supporters protested on Saturday the passage in California of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
Protesters took to the streets to express their dissatisfaction with the outcome of Proposition 8, waving rainbow flags and signs for "equal rights."
Up to 10,000 demonstrated in San Diego alone, though police said the protests were peaceful and that there were no arrests or problems, NBC News reported.
A video of the protest can be seen below.
In San Francisco, more than 2,000 protesters disrupted traffic on streets Friday night, trying to prove that the fight over the definition of marriage is not done, Mercury Newsreported.
"We are protesting the fact that our rights are being taken away from us," said Denise Fordham of San Francisco.
More than 2,000 people protested outside the headquarters of the Mormon church Friday night for the organization's heavy support for Proposition 8, the Associated Press reported.
"With the L.D.S. church’s vast involvement in the passage of Proposition 8, we are seeing a repeat of a tragic and deplorable history," a former Salt Lake City mayor, Rocky Anderson, said.
Proposition 8 overturned a California Supreme Court ruling earlier this year that legalized gay marriage within the state, allowing thousands of gay couples to marry. Those marriages are now void.
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed an appeal with the California Supreme Court to overturn the ballot measure, arguing that gay marriage is a constitutional right, which should never have been put to a popular vote in the first place.
But the California Supreme Court said, "We're not going to hear that right now."
Tens of thousands of gay rights supporters protested on Saturday the passage in California of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.