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>> YOU'RE WATCHING KSL--UTAH'S
SOURCE FOR NEWS
>> GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
BOY THIS IS A WEEK OF HIGH
EMOTION FOR FOLKS ON BOTH SIDES
OF THE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ISSUE
>> THAT'S FOR SURE.
CALIFORNIA'S PROPOSITION 8 AND
THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT ARE
BOTH BEFORE THE UNITED STATES
SUPREME COURT, AND WHAT HAPPENS
NEXT IS REALLY ANYONE'S GUESS
>> TONIGHT IN UTAH SUPPORTERS
BOTH FOR AND AGAINST SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE HELD GATHERINGS AT THE
CAPITOL.
THAT'S WHERE DMUS SPECIALIST
DEVON DOLAN'S LIVE THIS EVENING.
SIMILAR EVENTS DURING THE DAY
WERE TENSE AT TIMES.
WHAT ABOUT THERE TONIGHT?
>> WELL THE CELEBRATION OF
MARRIAGE EVENT TONIGHT WAS OPEN
TO PEOPLE ON ALL SIDES OF THE
ISSUE, BUT JUST LOOKING AT THE
SPEAKERS AND MUSIC IT WAS CLEAR
THAT THEY WERE IN FAVOR OF
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE.
BUT HERE'S WHERE IT GETS
INTERESTING.
PEOPLE FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE DID
SHOW UP AT THE EVENT, AND THEY
ACTUALLY OVERPOWERED PEOPLE FOR
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE.
WE ESPECIALLY SAW THIS WHEN
EVERYONE WAS SAYING THE PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE PEOPLE FOR
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE SCREAMED "AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL."
IT'S A PACKED ROOM.
PEOPLE AGAINST SAME-SAEKS
MARRIAGE ABOUT 100 SITTING DOWN
IN THE CENTER OF THE ROTUNDA
>> THE FAMILY IS GIVING THE
CHILDREN THE BEST OPPORTUNITY.
>> HOW ABOUT AN OPPOSING VIEW?
JUST LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT AND
LEFT, UP AND DOWN, HUNDREDS.
AND A MASS OF RED HOLDING A SIGN
OF WHAT THEY SAY IS LOVE FOR ALL
>> WE LOVE FAMILIES TOO, JUST
BECAUSE OUR FAMILY DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE HIS FAMILY DOESN'T MEAN
THAT WE DON'T DESERVE LOVE,
INTEGRITY AND EQUAL RIGHTS.
>> YOU WOULD THINK HAVING DWO
STRONG OPPOSING OPINIONS IN ONE
ROOM WOULD CAUSE TENSION.
BUT THOSE FOR PROP 8 WELCOMED
THE SILENT PROTEST.
ONE SPEAKER EVEN THANKED THEM.
ANOTHER SPEAKER, GOVERNOR
HERBERT, SAID THEY'RE ALL AFTER
ONE THING
>> IT'S IMPORTANT IN ALL OF OUR
LIVES.
>> BUT JUST LIKE THEIR VIEWS,
EACH SAW TODAY'S SUPREME COURT
ARGUMENTS ON PROP 8 VERY
DIFFERENTLY.
ONE SUPPORTER OF SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE SAYS A STATEMENT MADE
BY JUSTICE KENNEDY HAS GIVEN HER
HOPE
>> THESE LAWS ARE KEPT UNEQUAL
AND NOT THE SAME AS HETEROSEXUAL
COUPLES.
THAT REALLY GIVES ME HOPE
>> A WOMAN AGAINST SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE SAYS THE ISSUE SHOULD
NEVER HAVE REACHED THE SUPREME
COURT.
>> WHY ARE WE EVEN LOOKING AT
THIS?
IS THIS A CONSTITUTIONAL MATTER
OR IS IT A MATTER THAT SHOULD BE
HANDLED BETWEEN ADULTS?
>> BUT BY BEING HERE TONIGHT,
EACH PERSON IS MAKING A
STATEMENT.
>> SO IT'S TOO SOON FOR ME TO
HAVE EQUAL CIVIL RIGHTS?
>> IT'S A BATTLE NEEDS TO BE
FOUGHT AND THE AWARENESS BEING
CREATED TODAY IS VERY IMPORTANT.
>> AND JUST THIS WEEK THREE
COUPLES FILED LAWSUITS
CHALLENGING UTAH'S BAN ON
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, AND THIS JUST
JOINS A HANDFUL OF OTHER