Melinda Santa Cruz, now a former Mormon, shares her experience at the National Day of Protest in San Diego in the San Diego Reader.  Here’s an excerpt:

A handsome young guy with a winning grin came over to ask if I was straight. I don’t know who he was. He could have even been a Mormon, although I’ve never seen any missionaries with a mohawk and a toy rabbit stapled to his hoodie. 

Click here to read the full blog post at the San Diego Reader.

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.