Breaking news from about an hour ago:
A growing same-sex marriage rally outside the Mormon Temple in Oakland has prompted the Highway Patrol to shut down some Highway 13 ramps.
CHP officials said do not know when they might reopen the southbound ramp at Lincoln Avenue and northbound ramp at Joaquin Miller Road. The CHP said the ramps were closed to protect the pedestrians involved in the protest at the church.
UPDATE: Chron is low on detail, and the Oakland Trib’s not much better, so it’s a wee update.
And amid chants of “Stop Mormon hate” and “Enough is enough,” many protesters worried that they had been complacent before the Nov. 4 election. A previous protest outside the Mormon Temple on Oct. 25 drew only about 50 people.
“I don’t think people thought it was going to pass,” said Carrie Blanche, 52, an Alameda schoolteacher who got married Oct. 29.
In Southern California, about 1,000 gay-rights advocates gathered outside the large Saddleback Church in Lake Forest (Orange County) to protest the evangelical congregation’s involvement in passing Proposition 8. An estimated 10,000 backers of gay and lesbian marriage gathered Saturday in San Diego.
