GAY "WEDDINGS" AT SCHOOL PROTESTED: From the Los Angeles Times

Mock gay marriages of 18 students at Silverado High School on Friday drew dozens of angry community and parent protesters to a campus already plagued by controversy.

The lunchtime "wedding" ceremonies of six female couples and three male couples in the school's outdoor central gathering area were part of a demonstration by members of the school's Gay-Straight Alliance in support of same-sex marriage and to mark National Freedom to Marry Day today. The day was declared by a gay and non-gay partnership advocating same-sex marriage. ...

Chilly weather and persistent rain did not deter about 40 parents, community members, children and several students from protesting the mock ceremonies for several hours in an umbrella-covered huddle outside the school as the student demonstration proceeded inside. "It's not that I have a problem that they are doing it on campus -- they don't have to do it so publicly," said Therese Shore, whose son Andrew Stading, 17, is a Silverado senior. ...

"I'm happy with the way I am," said sophomore James West, 17, as club members laughed and hugged around him. "What else matters?" ...

Martin said he was "scared out of my mind" before he took the stage. He said he and other alliance members had been threatened with paintballs and violence if they went through with the planned ceremonies. Teachers reported no incidents, although alliance members said an egg was thrown at them.

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