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Nov 15, 2008 2:19 pm US/Eastern

4,000 In Boston Protest Calif. Gay Marriage Ban

BOSTON (WBZ) ― Four to five thousand people gathered in the rain on City Hall Plaza Saturday to protest the recent vote in California which reversed that state's legalization of gay marriage.

The rally was among hundreds planned by gay marriage advocates in all 50 states this weekend.

The Boston rally took on special significance because of Massachusetts' distinction as the first state to legally recognize gay marriages. The show of support on City Hall Plaza included same sex couples from all over the state who have married in Massachusetts since May 2004.

The rally was organized in part by MassEquality in hopes of demonstrating that gay marriage can be a benefit to families, children and society.

The first gay marriages began in Massachusetts in 2004, after the state's high court ruled same-sex couples had the same right to marriage as heterosexual couples. A citizen-initiated ballot question that would have ended gay marriage in Massachusetts was killed last year when it was blocked by the state Legislature.

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