Big Gay Marriage Protests in West Hollywood/San Francisco

This was getting a lot of TV news coverage on LA stations last night:

LOS ANGELES — Thousands took to the streets of Los Angeles and San Francisco on Wednesday evening to protest California's passage of Proposition 8, a ban on gay marriage.

Demonstrators marched through West Hollywood, Hollywood and Santa Monica where several protesters stopped at busy intersections, blocking traffic and prompting police intervention.

An additional group of about 500 protesters gathered near CNN's Los Angeles bureau, where they were seen banging on the doors and walls, causing the Los Angeles Police Department to declare a tactical alert — requiring all available officers to respond to the protest — some of whom were brought in from other stations.

Television cameras showed one protester jumping on top of a police car at the intersection of Hollywood and Highland. He was quickly wrestled to the ground by police and handcuffed.

Several others were arrested when a group of people broke away from the larger demonstration that began in West Hollywood earlier in the evening.

Marching through West Hollywood or San Francisco to protest in favor of gay marriage is like marching through Disneyland to protest in favor of Goofy. You're preaching to the choir. If you really want to protest against the people responsible for getting Prop 8 passed, why don't you bus a bunch of folks down to South Central or Watts and march around there for awhile. After all, it was the heavy black turnout for Obama, which incidentally also supported Prop 8 70%-30%, that provided the margin of victory.