"There are people who are used to going to the Abbey [bar in West Hollywood] four nights a week and drinking appletinis and complaining about their boyfriends. They don't understand that two decades ago they could not be doing what they are doing," said Andrew Oldershaw, 30, who has become active in organizing protests.
"It took a catastrophe like this to really wake people up . . . . This is not something that is going to happen. . . . It's going to take people rising up and pumping their fists in the air."
Supporters of Proposition 8, however, have expressed outrage at the demonstrations and boycotts -- particularly the ones targeting Mormon temples and Catholic churches.
"This activity shows great disrespect for the will of the voters," said Andrew Pugno, the lawyer for the Yes on 8 campaign.
"It also shows religious intolerance," he said, adding that his Catholic church was vandalized.
The boycotts are having some effect.
Scott Eckern, a Sacramento theater director, announced Wednesday that he was resigning from his position at the California Musical Theatre, in response to controversy over his $1,000 donation to the Yes on 8 campaign.
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jessica.garrison@latimes.com
Times staff writer Alicia Lozano contributed to this report.
