I Just Ran Into Whoopi on the Elevator Here At Work

I thanked her for her participation in the protest yesterday. She smiled and said, "No problem."

Thousands show up for NYC Prop 8 protest in front of Mormon Temple

Thousands of human rights advocates massed outside the Mormon Temple on the upper West Side Wednesday night to protest the church's vigorous role in banning California's same-sex marriages.

After some speechifying, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and entertainer Whoopi Goldberg led demonstrators on a flag-waving, drum-beating, slogan-chanting march to Columbus Circle.

The peaceful protest drew young and old, white and nonwhite, straight and gay, most of whom smiled and waved at spectators as they chanted things like, "Gay, straight, black, white, marriage is a civil right," and "separation of church and hate."

Since Election Day, protesters have been targeting Mormon churches all across the nation, angry that they organized support for Proposition 8 and donated huge sums of money to assure its passage. Proposition 8 banned same-sex marriages.