California Supreme Court upholds gay marriage ban

Associated Press
May 26, 2009

This article was picked up by around 200 news pages and blog sites. The AP Photo by Paul Sakuma included Rev. Roland Stringfellow (fifth from left) coordinator of the CLGS Bay Area Coalition of Welcoming Congregations, and chief organizer of the faith response to the California Supreme Court’s decision on Proposition 8. The images of clergy carrying the “Faith Demands Justice!” sign, and their subsequent actions of civil disobediance, appeared on the New York Times Web site immediately after the California Supreme Court decision, and on Bay Area and national media outlets, including News Hour with Jim Lehrer, the NBC Nightly News, and The Rachel Maddow Show.