Among those at the New York rally were David Allen, who married his partner Michael McGrann under Massachusetts law in 2004. The couple has since adopted a son, Theo.
"One of the things that was really offensive to me about the whole gay marriage campaign was how they tried to be pro-family, yet they wanted to disallow my family," said Mr Allen. "It's hard to know how this is going to continue. I think it's great there's been such a response to it."
He said if court challenges to Proposition 8 failed to defeat it, then it would be challenged at the ballot box in two years' time.
Following last week's demonstration, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints issued a weekend plea for restraint.
The church said that both sides of the Proposition 8 argument had ample opportunity to express their views and more than 40 states in the US had now voted against gay marriage.
"Attacks on churches and intimidation of people of faith have no place in civil discourse over controversial issues. People of faith have a democratic right to express their views in the public square without fear of reprisal," the church said.
The church has renounced polygamy, although it is still practised by sects claiming to adhere to "fundamentalist Mormon" principles.
Kim Stoltz, a competitor on reality television's America's Next Top Model, said that the "arc of history" was on the side of supporters of gay marriage.
If no voters over the age of 65 had taken part, Proposition 8 would have have failed, she said.
"I am an American citizen, I am gay and I believe I will be equal," Ms Stoltz said.
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