Protests at Oakland Temple over Prop. 8

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.

In addition to increased protests, online campaigns

seek to identify and embarrass Mormons who support the ballot measure.

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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