Nearly 1,000 people marched in downtown Tucson on Nov. 14 to protest Arizona voters' approval of a state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

More protests were held across the country on Saturday over a California vote that also banned gay marriage. In Phoenix, an estimated 2,000 people marched for gay rights in a rally that began at the Phoenix City Hall and ended at the State Capitol.

In Tucson, members of the gay, lesbian and bisexual community marched from the city's El Presidio Park to a nearby development. Next to the park, dozens of heterosexual couples were being married in the Pima County courthouse.

March leaders vowed not to remain silent about their lifestyles and families.

Proposition 102 was approved by 55 percent of the state's voters on Nov. 4. Only Pima County voters disapproved of the measure.