Bloomington residents protest California Proposition 8

Californians might have already voted to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, but Saturday about 250 Hoosiers came out to announce the fight was not over.

The crowd gathered on the Bloomington Courthouse lawn for two hours Saturday afternoon to protest California’s recently passed Proposition 8, the amendment to the state’s constitution that eliminated the right of same-sex couples to marry.

“A ban that was passed there affects all of us,”  said sophomore Danielle Treece.

Despite the temperature hovering at about 40 degrees and rain that fell until the early afternoon, activists yelled chants led by event organizer Evan McMahon and raised homemade signs with mantras that ranged from “100% Taxpayer 50% Citizen” to “Jesus said some are born gay, Matthew 19: 10-12.”

McMahon said even though the amendment had been passed by California voters, it was far from finalized.

“It’s going to go to court, it’s going to be fought,” he said.