Proposition 8 Protests

Blogger and television personality Perez Hilton rallies with gay marriage supporters after the California Court's ruling for Proposition 8 in West Hollywood, Calif. on Tuesday, May 26, 2009.

Actress Drew Barrymore speaks to gay marriage supporters during a rally and march in response to the California Supreme Court's ruling on Proposition 8 in West Hollywood, Calif. on Tuesday, May 26, 2009.

Dustin Lance Black, Academy Award-winning screenwriter for the film "Milk," comments on Prop 8 during a Courage Campaign Camp news conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, but it also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect will stay wed.

Controversey In California — AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

Same-sex marriage advocate Niko Salas, center, waves a rainbow flag during a protest in Los Angeles, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, but it also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect will stay wed.

Demonstrators protest the California Supreme Court's upholding of Proposition 8, which outlawed same-sex marriages, in a march and rally from the UCLA campus to the West Los Angeles Federal Building Tuesday, May 26, 2009.

Demonstrators hold a mock California state flag as students and others protest the California Supreme Court's upholding of Proposition 8, which outlawed same-sex marriages, in a march and rally from the UCLA campus to the West Los Angeles Federal Building Tuesday, May 26, 2009.

Robert Franco, left, and Shawn Higgins kiss during a street protest following a ruling on gay marriage in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The California Supreme Court upheld a voter approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday.

Demonstrators placed signs on a statue of President Abraham Lincoln in front of San Francisco City Hall after the California State Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The court upheld the ban on gay marriage that voters approved when they voted in favor of Proposition 8 last fall.

Pedestrians walk across chalk messages critical of California's Proposition 8 following a same-sex marriage rally, Tuesday, May 26, 2009, on Hollywood Blvd. in Los Angeles. The California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, but it also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect will stay wed.

Former U.S. Army Lt. Dan Choi, the first Arabic-speaking specialist dismissed through the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy under the Obama Administration, joins a same-sex marriage rally in Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 26, 2009, after the California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.

Mark Whittemore, center, and John Forrest Ares, both from Los Angeles, rally with gay marriage supporters in response to the California Supreme Court's ruling on Proposition 8 at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and San Vicente Boulevard in West Hollywood, Calif. on Tuesday, May 26, 2009.

A modified California State flag sporting a rainbow flies at the same-sex marriage rally in San Francisco on Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Earlier in the day, the California State Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, but it also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect will stay wed.

Actress Drew Barrymore, left, greets Robin Tyler, one of the original plaintiffs in the California Supreme Court lawsuit, during a rally and march in response to the California Supreme Court's ruling on Proposition 8 in West Hollywood, Calif. on Tuesday, May 26, 2009.

Several hundred same-sex marriage supporters block an intersection in San Francisco's Castro District on Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Earlier in the day, the California State Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, but it also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect will stay wed.

A black flag flies over the rainbow flag that was set at half-mast in the Castro District after the California State Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, but it also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect will stay wed.

About a thousand supporters of same-sex marriage rally outside San Francisco's City Hall on Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Earlier in the day, the California State Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, but it also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect will stay wed.

Mickey Garza walks along the Castro District as he protests the California State Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. California's Supreme Court upheld the state's gay-marriage ban Tuesday but said the 18,000 same-sex weddings that took place before the prohibition passed are still valid.

Frank Capley-Alfano, seated center right, and his partner, Joe Capley-Alfano, embrace during a street protest as police surround them in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. California's Supreme Court upheld the state's gay-marriage ban Tuesday but said the 18,000 same-sex weddings that took place before the prohibition passed are still valid.

Veronica Gibson joins several hundred same-sex marriage supporters at a rally in San Francisco's Castro district on Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Earlier in the day, the California State Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, but it also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect will stay wed.

Sister Tragedy Ann of the group LA Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence demonstrates during a same-sex marriage rally in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, but it also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect will stay wed.