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March 26, 2013 at 7:28 pm EDT | by Michael Key

Activists clash over marriage

Opponents of same sex marriage held a rally on the Mall and marched to the Supreme Court where they were met with chants from LGBT rights advocates. Activists from both sides of the marriage debate had gathered on Capitol Hill during the oral arguments for the Hollingsworth v. Perry case which will decide the fate of California’s Proposition 8. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key and Blake Bergen)

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Michael Key

Michael Key has worked as a photojournalist for the Washington Blade since 2009 and is currently serving as the photo editor. He has worked on Capitol Hill, in the White House, on the campaign trail and in cities along the East Coast taking iconic photos documenting the extension of marriage benefits to same-sex couples, the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and other events of interest to the LGBT community. Follow Michael

2 Comments

Bernard Sussman
March 30, 2013 at 5:41 pm EDT at 5:41 pm

Seeing the Anti-marriage picket sign, “Every Child Deserve a Mom & Dad”, set me to thinking:

I don’t understand science but, for some highly technical reason, same-sex couples have extremely few unplanned and unwanted pregnancies. The children who are born to or adopted by same-sex couples are very much wanted and loved.

You’d think, from those picket signs, that there were not hundreds of thousands of children in America already waiting to be adopted.