Anti-Proposition 8 demonstration is held in Los Angeles

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa speaks to the crowd during a rally against California's controversial Proposition 8 in Los Angeles on March 4, 2009. The rally, organized on the eve of the opening of the case going before the California Supreme Court, was held in support of overturning the recently-passed proposition which banned gay marriage in the state. (UPI Photo/David Silpa)