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Prop. 8 Protesters Take To Streets In Calif., Utah

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Nov 7, 2008 9:15 pm US/Eastern

Prop. 8 Protesters Take To Streets In Calif., Utah

Protesters Take To Streets In San Francisco, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (CBS) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Hundreds of supporters of same-sex marriage march for miles in protest against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Nov. 6, 2008, in Los Angeles, Calif.
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People angry with the Mormon church for promoting a ban on gay marriage in California took to the streets in California and Utah Friday and are promoting a boycott of Utah's growing tourism industry and the Sundance Film Festival.

The church, headquartered in Salt Lake City, encouraged its members to work to pass California's Proposition 8 by volunteering their time and giving money for the campaign.

Thousands of Mormons worked as grassroots volunteers and gave tens of millions of dollars to the campaign.

A tourism boycott in Utah could prove costly for the state. It brings in $6 billion a year.

In California Friday, thousands of Proposition 8 protesters marched through the streets in San Francisco during rush hour, snarling traffic. Protest organizers posted information about the protests on Web sites like Facebook, according to CBS station KPIX-TV.

In Los Angles, what started out as hundreds quickly turned to an estimated 1,000 activists, who gathered in front of a Mormon Church in Westwood, according to CBS station KCBS-TV. Los Angeles police arrested two people after a confrontation between the crowd and an occupant of a pickup truck that had a banner supporting Proposition 8.

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