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A protest against California's Proposition 8, which bans gay marriage, is set for noon Saturday on the steps of the Old Courthouse.
Show Me No Hate has been set up to inform people about the demonstration.
Although the measure -- approved by California voters on election day -- applies only to California, protests are planned across the country.
Crowds huddled around the Old Courthouse Saturday afternoon to protest California's recently passed ban on same-sex marriage.
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The high temperature was 39 degrees, but when in the middle of a crowd of a couple hundred people, the temperature was warmer, as the audience reacted to the words of more than a dozen orators who spoke with fiery rhetoric, shared personal anecdotes and calls for change. Organizers said about 1,000 were in attendance, while police estimates ranged between 4