San Francisco Chronicle: Prop. 8 protesters at Oakland Temple

Proposition 8 protesters outside the Oakland Temple on Sunday were an example of the heat Mormons and their church are taking for their support of the proposition, which would take away the right, in California, of gays and lesbians to marry.

All of California's Catholic bishops have all come out in favor of the measure. So have many evangelical Christians and Orthodox Jews. Yet it is Mormons, who account for 2 percent of the state population, who are catching the most heat.

"We seem to be the symbol of the Yes on 8 campaign," said Rand King, 60, a Walnut Creek resident who is Mormon and who was watching Sunday's protest from inside the temple's gates.

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