Taking advantage of a steamy hot day in Palm Springs, CA, Drew Barrymore and her business partner/best friend Chris Miller stopped for an iced tea and a chat today (May 27) before heading to a local dog park to walk Drew’s dog Flossie.

Drew was among several thousand protesters at a rally in West Hollywood last night to express their opposition to the California Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

When asked her thoughts on the latest court decision, Miss Barrymore replied: “What makes a family? That’s the question.”

She went on to say: “Family’s deserve to be loved. People deserve civil rights. We cannot take a step backwards…now…in this moment. Please do whatever you can to reverse this.”

As for why she stepped out to protest? “Because I was raised by gay men and women,” she says. “And I am who I am because of them. And I cannot live in a world where they don’t have the rights and the liberties where they deserve. And there are children out there who need loving homes. This is a cause that is dearer to my heart than I can imagine. So I will go and I will fight and I will rally and I will do whatever it takes.”