On Thursday, members of Seaside Community Church in Torrance were stunned to see a banner – which read “Someday everyone will have the right to legally marry. Don’t give up hope!” – pulled down from their front lawn and slashed with a knife.

“We intended it as a positive affirmation,” said the Rev. Paul Lance, pastor of the 100-member church on Ocean Avenue. “We figured there were a lot of people in the Torrance area who are feeling bruised by the actions of their neighbors, and we wanted to give them a positive message.”

Photos were starting to come in this morning of the Prop 8 (and other measure) protests forming across the nation and world. Here are some of the first from Twitter.  Join the Impact started a Flickr group with thousands more photos from throughout the day, and from across the country and world.  Towler Road also has galleries organized by protest location.

Dallas Protest

New York City Protest

Protest Forming in Orlando, Florida

 

Los Angeles protest forming at City Hall in the downtown area.