 A small group of protesters gathered in San Francisco's Castro District for a rice toss over DOMA on September 13th, carrying signs that read, It takes a gay family to raise a village. The demonstration was the second anti-DOMA action in San Francisco in as many days. Approximately 150 people marched on the Democratic headquarters on the 12th, hoping to send a message to Clinton to veto the Defense of Marriage Act. Event co-organizer Michael Petrelis commented,